Meyers House on Galena Road: Built Circa 1900. Home of William and Elizabeth Meyers, Donald S. Myers, Mrs. Stella Myers

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Meyers House on Galena Road: Built Circa 1900. Home of William and Elizabeth Meyers, Donald S. Myers, Mrs. Stella Myers

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Handwritten note:
William and Elizabeth Myers Home, Built Circa 1990.

Type written note:
Donald S. Myers, et al - No. 1 Main Building Residence. Mrs. Stella Myers occupies this residence. The view is from East to West running parallel with U.S. 30. The white marker shows the North side of proposed right of way.

View is from East to West showing evergreen trees in background which will be taken by proposed highway program.

View is from South to North. Tenant house which is to be taken by the proposed highway program.

Description

Newspaper Article Transcription:

SUGAR GROVE LANDMARK MAKES WAY FOR PROGRESS

On Galena Road (Business 30), what has been know as Myers Hill for years, is to be cut down and widened, thereby requiring the demolition of the first Post Office in Sugar Grove Township.

It was kept by Cyrus Slater in 1840 and mail was brought there by Stage Coach enroute from Chicago to Galena. Letters cost twenty-five cents.

William Myers purchased the farm from a man named Graves in 1882. Since that time, the house that was the Post Office has been used as a dwelling, either by the Myers family or people connected with the farm.

It was a frame house. The floor joists are the original logs cut from the timber, and the exterior walls are insulated with brick. It is still in very sturdy condition but has to make way for progress.

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1900

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Dan Fitzgerald

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