Section 5, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Part of a series of sketches drawn in 1871 of prominent homesteads in Sugar Grove Township. Quoted from 10-1-2022 News Article in "Kane County Connects": Historic Kane County Farm Given National Designation Kane County Connects Staff 10/1/2022 1:00PM The George Crego Farm is located on Finley Road in Blackberry Township, just south and west of IL Route 47. The farmstead consists of the main house, worker’s house, granary, smoke house, machine shed, banked barn, a ceramic structural tile silo, hog furrowing house and metal grain bin. It has historical significance from 1852 to 1920 for agriculture and is a significant example of a successful 19th century dairy and grain farm. The once prevalent farmsteads of the 19th century is an endangered resource that have been rapidly vanishing since the 1950s. As a result, few farmsteads, like the Crego Farm are associated with farm production today. In April, the Kane County Historic Preservation Commission approved the nomination of the Crego Farm for the National Register of Historic Places. The request for the designation was made by the current owner of the farm. Over the summer, the County was notified by the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office that the Crego Farm was entered in the National Register of Historic Places. Since the creation of the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, thousands of Illinois historic and prehistoric places have been designated as important resources worthy of preservation. According to the National Park Service, under federal Law, the listing of a property in the National Register places no restrictions on what a non-federal owner may do with their property up to and including destruction, unless the property is involved in a project that receives federal assistance, usually funding or licensing/permitting.
Sugar Grove Community House: Sketch by P. Schield
Main Street Sketch: Cooper's Hall and Blacksmith Shop; and Keck's Store
Notes on Modern Day Status of Homesteads depicted in Sketches from 1871 Atlas of Kane County
Booklet: Older Homes and Schools, Sugar Grove Township. Drawings from 1871 Atlas of Kane County.
Older Homes and Schools, Sugar Grove Township Kane County, Illinois (not including the original village) Drawings are from the 1871 Atlas of Kane County Locations circled in red on the 1871 map still exist. The ones in green are gone. Prepared for the Sugar Grove Historical Society August 10, 2003 by Ruth Frantz of Sugar Grove
1871 Sketch: Residence of John Thompson
Section 6, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Part of a series of sketches drawn in 1871 of prominent homesteads in Sugar Grove Township.
1871 Sketch: Residence of William Price
Section 34, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Section 11, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Section 4, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Section 16, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Section 22, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Section 14, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
1871 Sketch: Residence of Gordon and Brothers
Section 21, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois
Section 24, Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois