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  • Collection: Historic Commercial

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This was the gas station owned by Wally Theis on Galena Boulevard and Route 47 in the late 1940s.

Rex [Wolf?] worked here from 1956 - 1958.

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Bank of Sugar Grove (No information)

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Amoco Station

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6 Main

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10 Main St.

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32 Main

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60 Main & Ameritech

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House of Plenty, N.W. of Rte 47

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House of Plenty

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84 Main, In Full Bloom Florist & Liquor Store

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W. Cross at Sugar Lane,
1st Bldg. West of Ill. Rt. 47

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Ameritech, 76 & 80 Main

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84 Main, In Full Bloom Florist & Liquor Store

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The building of the Sugar Grove Supply Company located at 221 Main Street was built in 1893. It later burned down around 1918 and became the site of Keck's Store.

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Cooper-Needham Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s, Picture courtesy of: Vivian Needham

Cooper / Needham / Knudson Hall and Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s,

Advertisement reads: "C.J. Knudson, Practical…

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Daniel Gavin
NW Main & Cross

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The restaurant on Route 30 in Sugar Grove by the Air Classics Museum has changed hands and names a number of times.

The Countryside Restaurant on Route 30 was built by Laura (Mrs. Roy Solfisburg) Mushrush in the 1950s. Workers at times were Donna…

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The Gold Acres Restaurant and Motel was located on the southwest corner of Harter Road and Illinois Route 47. It was built by [?]. Workers and managers have been Dolly Johnson, Nina Bradley, and Jim Best.

Later known as Candy's Golden Acres, the…
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