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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…

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

Parlor Decorated 1982

Sugar Grove Community House Parlor

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

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

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

From the Sugar Grove Township Website:
https://www.townshipofsugargrove.com/community-building/

"The Sugar Grove Township Community Building, which maintains the same charm as it did when it opened in 1929, was built for the use of the residents…

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…

Newspaper Transcription:

Aurora Beacon News, April 4 1970

MCCANNONS OF SUGAR GROVE
by Trudy Morrison

“If Ben McCannon Sr., had had his way in 1929, Dr. Willis McCannon would never have been able to read his father's name on the cornerstone…