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Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, USA. It encompasses 22 contributing buildings in the central business district of Geneva. were built between about 1882 and 1930, and include notable examples of Italianate and Romanesque Revival style commercial architecture ...
Geneva Commons is a lifestyle center in the Chicago suburb of Geneva, Illinois The center is located along Randall Road in the heart of the St. Charles /Geneva/ Batavia retail complex. The center includes over 80 retailers and restaurants spread over 418,000 square feet (38,800 m 2 ).
Geneva is part of a tri-city area, located between St. Charles and Batavia. [7] [8] The area experienced rapid population growth from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s as the Chicago suburbs spread to the west. Geneva is a popular tourist destination with its scenic location along the Fox River and numerous shops and
The Tri-Cities, or Tri-City area, is a vernacular region that is situated between the large cities of Aurora and Elgin, Illinois, and encompasses the cities of Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles. A " vernacular region " is a distinctive area where the inhabitants collectively consider themselves interconnected by a shared history, mutual ...
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U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in the U.S. state of Illinois is an arterial highway that runs northwest to southeast through the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters Illinois at the Wisconsin border north of Richmond, and exits into Hammond, Indiana, from Chicago near the foot of the onramp to the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 90, or I-90); as it exits Illinois, the route is also concurrent with US 20 ...
Geneva had its start in 1871 when the rival towns of Alexander and Buffalo merged. [4] It was named after Geneva, in Switzerland. [5] The first post office in Geneva was established in 1872. [6] The Town of Geneva benefited greatly from the Indiana Gas Boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Oil was found near Geneva and production ...
The only other major road intersecting the district is S. First Street (Illinois Route 31). Most houses are two-story frame residences built between 1840 and 1900, principally from a vernacular style. Geneva's later identification as a scenic shopping area encouraged the city to invest in the restoration of several structures.