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The Charles H. Hibbard House, in the McHenry County city of Marengo, Illinois, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979. The home, also known as the Cupola House, stood unoccupied on Grant Highway as of January 2007.
Marengo is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States on the Kishwaukee River. It lies approximately 60 miles west northwest of Chicago and approximately 30 miles east of Rockford . Per the 2020 census , the population was 7,568.
Miles Beach Castle (August 11, 1826 – August 10, 1900) was an American banker, publisher, and politician from New York. Moving to DeKalb County, Illinois in 1856, Castle became a prosperous banker with the Sandwich Bank and Kendall County Bank. He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1872, where he served three terms.
Marengo Township is located in McHenry County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,202 and it contained 3,065 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,202 and it contained 3,065 housing units.
The Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company was a short-lived interurban railroad that operated from 1911 [1] to 1918 [2] between the cities of Sycamore and Marengo, Illinois; it never reached its intended destination of Woodstock. [3] [page needed] Its headquarters and repair shop were in the city of Genoa, midway on the route. [4]
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Orson Rogers, the home's namesake, was born in Middletown, Vermont in 1814. In the late 1830s he and his wife, Mary, moved, by wagon, from Vermont to the Marengo, Illinois area.
By 1960, the castle, which was open to visitors, had eight towers, a guard room, bugle tower, castle yard, enclosed sun porch, modern kitchen, garage, dungeon, and a wishing well. Bettendorff continued to add to his castle until his death in 1967. During the 1970s, the castle was rented out as a honeymoon retreat. The castle remains a private ...