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Sugar Grove Community Building - Exterior, Gym, Stage.pdf
The Sugar Grove Community Building (aka Sugar Grove Community House) was originally organized in the late 1920s by civic-minded people who were mostly farmers. At the time, the Village had about 150 people. They put a bond referendum up along with…

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Copies of the blueprints from 1928 for the construction of the Sugar Grove Community House.

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Copies of the original blueprints from 1928 for the construction of the Sugar Grove Community House.

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Copies of the blueprints from 1989 of the Sugar Grove Community House.

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Sugar Grove Community House
1929 Cornerstone
Legih A. Sauer, President
B.G. McCannon, Secretary
Stanley Snow
Franklin G. Elwood, Architect
Hall Opperman & Sons, Contractors

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Lil's Garden
Dedicated to Lil Adams
in recognition of Lil's many years of active community involvement and serving as Sugar Grove Township Community Building Trustee and Manager.

Her love and dedication for the preservation of the Community…

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In Memory of Thomas Judd for his civic mindedness and generosity in founding the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School and donating the land.

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First Settler Stephen G. Paull.
Born 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York.
Settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois 1838
Died April 20, 1875

Plaque Donated by the Conservation Department and Woman's Club of Aurora,…

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Sugar Grove Township Servicemen from Mexican War, Civil War, World War Veterans
The plaque is located inside the Sugar Grove Community Building.

PLAQUE READS:

This building dedicated to the men of Sugar Grove Township known and unknown who…

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(Bronze Plaque transcription is incomplete since some names are not discernable in photograph.)

SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II

Donald Albright
Harold Albright
Beorge Alexander
Ralph Bliss, Jr.
August John
Lyle Bolster
George Booth,…
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