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The Sycamore Historic District is a meandering area encompassing 99 acres (400,000 m 2) of the land in and around the downtown of the DeKalb County, Illinois county seat, Sycamore. The area includes historic buildings and a number of historical and Victorian homes.
Sycamore then began an era of steady growth marked by population increases in 1848 to 262, 1849 to 320, 1850 to 390, 1851 to 435. [3] The Sycamore and Cortland Railroad arrived in the late 1850s and a station was erected in Sycamore. Sycamore was home to 41 commercial and industrial business by 1855. In 1858, Sycamore was incorporated as a village.
Sycamore High School (SHS) is a four-year public high school in Sycamore, Illinois, United States. It is a member of the Illinois High School Association and a part of Sycamore Community Unit School District #427. Sycamore High School is the only high school in the city, and serves students in grades 9–12 living in Sycamore and the ...
DeKalb County's area is approximately 632.7 square miles, and it is located 63 miles west of Chicago. There are 19 townships in the county; the county seat is Sycamore. Between 1834 and 1837, after the Potawatomi people had been pushed out, European Americans formed settlements in DeKalb County along streams and wooded areas due to fertile soil ...
The George P. Wild House is a large two-story Italianate home constructed in 1869 by George P. Wild, a successful Sycamore dry goods dealer, when he commissioned a Chicago architect, either John W. Ackerman or George Ackerman, [13] to build the two-story house for $4,000. The final cost of construction was $4,500 and the bill outraged Wild.
The Little 7 Conference was a high school athletic conference in Illinois.It was officially organized in October 1921 for 1921–1922 school year. The first officially sanctioned sport was basketball, with the first game in December 1921 between Batavia and Sycamore (at Batavia). The f
The IHSA football playoffs continue across Illinois as the high school football ... 2 Quincy (11-0) at 10 Chicago St. Rita (9-2), 3 p.m. ... (9-2) at 1 Sycamore (11-0), 1 p.m. 5A: 3 LaGrange Park ...
The city of Sycamore responded by raising $70,000 in donations from its citizens and legal wrangling continued, until 1904. [7] Haish eventually pledged $103,000 for a DeKalb courthouse but it was decided that the county seat would stay in Sycamore and ground was broken, despite the continuing legal battle, on October 29, 1903.