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Eastern bank of the Illinois River, ½ mile west of the end of 600E [6 39°29′36″N 90°35′01″W / 39.49333°N 90.58361°W / 39.49333; -90.58361 ( Mound House Hillview
Location of DuPage County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in DuPage County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad relocated its headquarters to Aurora in 1855. Expecting a rise in population due to the railroad's employment opportunities, Aurora platted a new residential section of land west of the Fox River. Aurora indeed expanded rapidly during that period, almost doubling in population from 1860 to 1874.
The district includes eleven buildings, eight of which are contributing buildings to its historic nature. The district formed in the early 20th century along a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad branch known as the Alley Job, and its buildings fall into three main categories: factories, distribution buildings, and warehouses.
Features Victorian period rooms in the former jail and sheriff's house, operated by the Williamson County Illinois Historical Society: William Tanner House Museum: Aurora: Kane: Chicago area: Historic house: Antebellum Italianate-style house, owned and operated by the Aurora Historical Society: Williamsville Historical Museum: Williamsville ...
The second floor is exclusively bedrooms. The Tanner family (and their descendants) lived in the house until 1936, when two of the children donated it to the Aurora Historical Society. [1] On August 19, 1976, it was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It now operates as a museum.
The proposed amphitheater project in the Erie Canal Village was a hot-ticket item, sparking much conversation, at the April 10 Rome Common Council meeting ... Rome Historical Board President Jacob ...
Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States, located along the Fox River. The population was 180,542 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the second-most populous city in Illinois, after Chicago, [5] and the 144th-most populous city in the US. [6] Aurora is the largest city in Illinois that is not the county seat of any county that it ...