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The propeties on this List of properties (Sycamore Historic District) are within the boundaries of a National Register of Historic Places historic district. The Sycamore Historic District, in Sycamore, Illinois, was designated in 1978. The list contains 226 properties which are all located within the Sycamore Historic District's 99 acres.[1] Of those properties, 187 are listed as contributing structures in the district while an additional 22 are non-contributing.[2] Of all the homes and other buildings within the district a full 75% fit within the historic district concept.[3]

Contributing properties

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Churches

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These are the churches that are listed as contributing properties within the boundaries of the Sycamore Historic District.

Image   Building name   Address   Architecture    Built   Architect(s)    Contributing property  
n/a Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John 327 S. Main Street 1937-1938 checkY[4]
First Baptist Church NE corner of Maple and Elm Gothic Revival 1899 checkY
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Waterman and California checkY
St. Peter's Episcopal Church 206 Somonauk Street Classical Revival 1879 checkY
Old Congregational Church SE corner of High and Somonauk Gothic Revival 1884 George O. Garnsey checkY
Universalist Church/Arthur Stark House 212 S. Main Street Italianate 1855 unknown, Arthur Stark checkY

Commercial buildings

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The list below contains commercial properties with the Sycamore Historic District. Many of the commercial, contributing properties date from the mid to late 19th century. While downtown Sycamore, where the core of the commercial properties are located, is typical of other small, Illinois county seats that developed during the same era. Setting Sycamore apart is the large number of period structures that survived into the 20th century.

Image   Building name   Address   Architecture    Built   Architect(s)    Contributing property  
156 W. State St. 1896 checkY
Central Block Classical Revival 1905 Herbert T. Hazelton checkY
Citizens National Bank Building NE corner of State and Main Classical Revival 1905 Paul O. Moratz checkY
Court Building checkY
Daniel Pierce Block N Classical Revival 1905 Paul O. Moratz checkY
Frederick Townsend Garage 1906 checkY
George's Block NE corner of State and Main Classical Revival 1905 Paul O. Moratz checkY
National Bank & Trust Company Building Classical Revival 1925 Weary & Alford checkY
Old Sycamore Hospital Classical Revival checkY
State Street Theater SE corner of State and Main Classical Revival checkY
Stratford Inn SE corner of State and Main Classical Revival checkY
Townsend Building Classical Revival 1905 Paul O. Moratz checkY
Waterman Block Classical Revival checkY

Government properties

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These are the government buildings and structures within the Sycamore Historic District that are considered contributing properties to the district.

Image   Building name   Address   Architecture    Built   Architect(s)    Contributing property  
Civil War Memorial State Street (Courthouse lawn) 1896 checkY
DeKalb County Courthouse State Street Classical Revival 1905 Herbert T. Hazelton checkY
Old East School 410 E. Elm St. checkY
Sycamore Public Library NE corner of State and Main Classical Revival 1905 Paul O. Moratz checkY
U.S. Post Office SE corner of State and Main Classical Revival checkY

Houses

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These are the houses that are considered contributing properties to the Sycamore Historic District. Many of the houses lie on Somonauk and Main Streets in Sycamore, both streets are north-south and the majority of the homes that are part of the historic district are south of State Street (Illinois Route 64). The homes cover a variety of architectural styles, many of which were popular around the time the residential areas that comprises part of the Sycamore Historic District came to maturity.

Image   Building name   Address   Architecture    Built   Architect(s)    Contributing property  
124 W. Ottawa checkY
134 W. Ottawa checkY
202 S. Maple Italianate checkY
312 S. Somonauk St. Italianate checkY
314 S. Main St. Italianate checkY
328 S. Somonauk St. Italianate checkY
413 S. Somonauk St. American Foursquare checkY
418 W. High St. checkY
437 S. Somonauk St. checkY
512 S. Main St. checkY
530 S. Main St. checkY
719 S. Somonauk checkY
Abram Ellwood House 421 S. Somonauk St. checkY
Byers-Faissler House Gothic Revival 1867 checkY
Captain R.A. Smith House 230 S. Somonauk St. Gothic Revival c. 1871 checkY
Carlos Lattin House 305 S. Somonauk Greek Revival 1854 checkY
Chappell-Whittemore House 232 S. Main St. c. 1867-1873 checkY
Charles A. Bishop House 227 Central Park West Italianate 1863, 1887 checkY
Charles Kellum House 608 S. Somonauk 1858 checkY
Second Charles Kellum House 123 W. Lincoln c. 1920 checkY[5]
Charles O. Boynton House 307 N. Main St. Queen Anne 1887 George O. Garnsey checkY
Chauncey Ellwood House 821 S. Somonauk St. Italianate 1859 Simon Schwartz & Arthur Gross checkY
David DeGraff House 925 S. Somonauk Neo-Renaissance 1867 checkY
David Syme House 420 S. Somonauk St. Queen Anne style c. 1880 George O. Garnsey checkY
D.B. James House 107 W. Exchange St. c. 1858-1862 Hammond & Carlson checkY
Dr. Clark House 108 Lincoln Shingle style 1936 checkY
Dr. Orlando M. Bryan House 319 S. Somonauk St. Italianate c. 1866 checkY
Dr. Olin H. Smith House 813 S. Somonauk St. Italianate 1870-1877 checkY
Elmore Cooper House 419 S. Main St. Colonial Revival 1924 checkY
Esther Mae Nesbitt House 825 Somonauk St. 1837 checkY
Floyd E. Brower House 431 S. Somonauk St. checkY
Frederick B. Townsend House 331 N. Main St. Queen Anne style 1890-1892 William J. McAlpine checkY
General Daniel Dustin House 423 S. California checkY
George P. Wild House 450 S. Somonauk St. Italianate 1869 John W. Ackerman or George Ackerman checkY
George S. Robinson-Ellzey Young House 612 S. Main St. I-house 1847 checkY
Henry Garbutt House 405 S. Main St. Queen Anne style 1890 Emery Roth checkY
Hosea Willard House 453 S. Somonauk St. 1867 Hosea Willard (builder) checkY
James Ellwood House 708 S. Somonauk St. Shingle style 1859 checkY
J.H Rogers House 432 S. Somonauk St. Queen Anne style, Romanesque Revival c. 1890 checkY
J.H. Rogers/Bettis House 519 S. Main St. 1863, 1887 checkY
Peter Johnsen Rooming House 127 N. Main St. checkY
Row houses NE corner of Elm and California checkY
Stephens House 804 S. Somonauk St. Italianate checkY
Wally Thurow House 412 S. Main St. American Foursquare 1917 checkY
William McAllister House 1906 checkY
William Robinson House 420 S. Main St. 1874 checkY

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bigolin, Steve. The Sycamore Historic District: Introduction, Daily Chronicle, 14 August 2006. Retrieved on August 14 2007.
  2. ^ HAARGIS Database, Property Information Report, Sycamore Historic District, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved January 29, 2007.
  3. ^ Sycamore Historic District, (PDF), Illinois Historic Sites Inventory Survey, HAARGIS Database, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency [1]. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
  4. ^ The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John was destroyed by fire in 2004. See Mikolajczyk, "Fire destroys church."
  5. ^ The house at 123 W. Lincoln was split off from the main Charles Kellum House in the 1920s. It is listed as a contributing property with the original structure adjacent to it. See Kellum House, Property Information Report.