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Located just north of Cooper's Hall and Blacksmith Shop.

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Handwritten Note on Back:

Seavey Home: 6 miles from Batavia, Illinois.

Built in 1860s.

James Snook and Mary Elizabeth George probably lived here then. Their daughter Mattie married Frank Seavey in 1886, and they probably lived here, too. …

Original House no longer at location:
Norris Rd, Sugar Grove, IL (Approx. PIN 14-11-178-001)
Currently Walnut Woods Subdivision & Aurora West Forest Preserve.

Click on PDF for a compilation of photos.

Ira Judd Home
Located in the area of the current Prestbury Subdivision in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Around 1836, this spot was settled on by Silas Reynolds, grandfather of Ira Judd. The brick in this house represents the house built in 1847 and…

Located in the area of the current Prestbury Subdivision in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Around 1836, this spot was settled on by Silas Reynolds, grandfather of Ira Judd. The brick in this house represents the house built in 1847 and remodeled into…

Click on the PDF Document to view the sketches of prominent Sugar Grove Homesteads from the 1871 Atlas of Kane County alongside the modern streetscape of 2020.

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Photo 1: Kitchen window sill has valance over window

Photo 2: Living Room facing toward second floor staircase

Photo 3: Front Room facing toward Dining Room

Will A. Johnson House, 263 Main Street

The Will and Marie (Laycock) Johnson home at 263 Main Street was constructed in 1906 for Lydia Finley, who never lived in the house. It was initially the residence of farm employees of the Finley farm. It was…

263 Main Street, Sugar Grove, IL

The Will and Marie (Laycock) Johnson home at 263 Main Street was constructed in 1906 for Lydia Finley, who never lived in the house. It was initially the residence of farm employees of the Finley farm. It was…

43 W 90 W Baseline Rd.

Phillip Judd home, South side of Prairie Rd.. West of Rt. 47, East of Mighell Rd.