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Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society: Brochure Subject The topic of the resource Click on the image to open a PDF of the Brochure. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/54bb2be2139b101cbeeae44af36dad19.jpg 09496d9bd632810dc94dbff363ce3119 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/c7fb0baa740029f5010b1dee31b127eb.jpg 16c82a8f88ff1f368081eb208de0b42c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School Class Pictures Subject The topic of the resource School Class Pictures Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove School: 1935 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/1440ddbd5b4456dee4c2ca7475d5508b.jpg efc76c5cb3d0c345c4df31f26e4b7295 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/757b9378bd2a94d917d013c669005b6f.jpg 8e74d8785800e9753c21354259aa30af https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/618522e4aa891c8481029312093a99b6.jpg 0ff848f59f036b230ae05d806264677c https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/a6858f3debcb8ca783a66e1205674d51.jpg 16e481fed7378c3ea3df77c5afcc5bc5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Police & Fire Departments Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Fire Department Building History Description An account of the resource The Sugar Grove Fire Protection District was organized Jun 25, 1942. The first Fire States was built on land donated by Mrs. Theresa Keck. This top photo of the Fire Fighters was taken in 1953. Delmar Krieghbaum was Fire Chief and assistant chiefs were Deverl Hartman, Groff Frantz, and Cecil Runkle. The Fire Department moved to the north end of Main Street in August 1973. It was still a volunteer Fire Department with 35 members. It was run for many years without raising the tax rate. Today's fire barn was first built with three bays and now has four bays. It is now on Municipal Drive just south of Route 30 at the west end of town. Fire Deparment Delmar Krieghbaum is receiving the keys for the new pumper (Ward-LaFrance) from W.R. Keck, President of the Board of Trustees. It will be on display with the new fire house. Ken Klomhaus, a trustee and secretary and John Peterson, a trustee, are on the left. No years was on this photo. These ten women were on call during the day when no firemen were in town during the day time. They came together as the first all woman volunteer Fire Department in Illinois. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6058ee358858d22d6d68ee2ca5cbe975.pdf 9b829cba81b893b69ad98722f7429bfc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters: Sugar Grove Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource RWJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter Summer 2018: Sugar Grove Historical Society Subject The topic of the resource Click on image to open a PDF with the newsletter file. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/8a993f2abaf8109f5cfab2c3ddc6b772.pdf 792d2ab192a156e139c59996b5dd973f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters: Sugar Grove Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource RWJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter Spring 2019: Sugar Grove Historical Society Subject The topic of the resource Click on the image to open a PDF file of the newsletter. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/5dbc02846de2e1f65bce3777b21f88e6.pdf a04a6e68275c23d780495b58b3fc00ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters: Sugar Grove Historical Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource RWJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter Summer 2019: Sugar Grove Historical Society Subject The topic of the resource Click on the image to open a PDF of the file with the newsletter. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9ec28bf156fdbe11e04a06a85b57c2e8.pdf bed00583cf7d6363cc22a3469508dd47 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Relocation from Bliss Road to Main Street: 1997 Subject The topic of the resource The Bliss House was built in 1838. In the 1890s, it was moved from the west side of Bliss Road to the east side. In 1990, it was in the way of a the new Windstone Subdivision. In March 1997, many volunteers removed the kitchen to prepare for moving the building. April 1997, the 20th Century siding was removed and exposed the location of a door. On September 30, 1997, the house was on the move, down Bliss Road and to Main Street. In October 1997, it was firmly seated on a new foundation. New windows were installed in March 1998. 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Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Grade School, First Grade: 1942 Subject The topic of the resource First Grade Class 1942 Description An account of the resource Students and teacher posed at entrance to Sugar Grove School. Note: This is the old school reconstructed in 1905 adjacent to the Community House. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Sign with History of House and Museum for "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley" Description An account of the resource Sign in the front lawn at the Bliss House Museum commemorating the history of the house and the creation of the museum as the third place award winner in the 2000 Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards Program. SIGN READS: P.Y. Bliss House The 1838 Greek Revival Peleg Young Bliss House is an example of post and beam construction, which utilizes large wooden timbers joined together with wooden pegs. While this construction technique was commonly used in homes, churches, barns and covered bridges in the nineteenth century, few examples survive today. This building housed the first mercantile business in Sugar Grove Township and was later a residence and Methodist meeting house. While the P.Y. Bliss House was slated for demolition to accommodate a new housing subdivision in the 1990s, the historically- and architecturally-significant building was relocated to Main Street by the Sugar Grove Historical Society to serve as a museum. The relocation and rehabilitation project was the result of a public-private partnership between the Society and the Sugar Grove Township Board, with additional support from the Kane County Historic Preservation Commission and The Custom Source, a division of St. Paul Financial Development Corporation. In 2000, the project received third place in the Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards Program. 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SIGN READS: P.Y. Bliss House The 1838 Greek Revival Peleg Young Bliss House is an example of post and beam construction, which utilizes large wooden timbers joined together with wooden pegs. While this construction technique was commonly used in homes, churches, barns and covered bridges in the nineteenth century, few examples survive today. This building housed the first mercantile business in Sugar Grove Township and was later a residence and Methodist meeting house. While the P.Y. Bliss House was slated for demolition to accommodate a new housing subdivision in the 1990s, the historically- and architecturally-significant building was relocated to Main Street by the Sugar Grove Historical Society to serve as a museum. The relocation and rehabilitation project was the result of a public-private partnership between the Society and the Sugar Grove Township Board, with additional support from the Kane County Historic Preservation Commission and The Custom Source, a division of St. Paul Financial Development Corporation. In 2000, the project received third place in the Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards Program. 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Title A name given to the resource Carriage Stop from Nicholas Farm on Jericho Road: Display at Bliss House Museum Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/813d1cf65ea915187526d47e28087d3c.jpg 9ee254ac4f2c4766a2d580113f978fdd https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/98ccc11ee5e497dd56f390c0c0533648.jpg c7d759e408b9221c92d5cb97675952c4 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/701667c996996307cf266c4134ab45d1.jpg b306e94b2fee50b0ebbb5958bf035158 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9fd41cd078fd00bf84820d8c6c4a9598.jpg b832949e1c828860770463a7c83a4db1 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/dcc4d6fcf9fb65a32a05517c91a450c6.jpg a1ad9916a791b3fd0e9e662eb083447d https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/db22b98545d9b76c3a446fd85e195448.jpg d6e988f37d310f3c59b0e7a68772eeb7 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/8ebc7477b0626ccb2956792ea48cb077.jpg d2d422073a6fab0c2c4e742408a52473 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/a560866373f4f8398bd668d40d0babed.jpg 35695b06136ee2d359598abbe99c4531 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Text/Book A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Bliss House Museum History Text Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12-2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Description An account of the resource If walls could talk, think of the stories the walls of the Bliss House could tell! The white frame structure with the brick filled walls stands on its new foundation south of the tracks on Main Street in Sugar Grove, filled with records and memoirs of over on hundred and seventy years. The move to Main Street in 1997 was the second move for the structure from its original site at the corner of Bliss Road and Merrill Road. It is recorded that on the 22nd day of November, 1838, the frame for the house was erected for Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss) by a man known as “ Boss “ Read. The following spring, before the house was completed, the Methodists held their quarterly meeting in one of the rooms. On the first day of June, 1839, P.Y. Bliss filled the new building with such merchandise as was in demand by the settlers of the day, and opened the first mercantile establishment tin Sugar Grove township. The trade extended over a territory reaching from Dundee to Yorkville, and from the borders of Kane County on the east to Johnson and Shabbona Groves, DeKalb County, on the west. According to Mr. Bliss, the annual sales exceeded those of any other in the county by thousands of dollars, which was an astounding accomplishment for that day. Mr. Bliss had stated that in 1838, he rode horseback from his cabin in Sugar Grove to the county court house in Geneva, and saw nor a house nor living soul along the way. That simple statement attests to the remoteness of the area at that time, and may have sown the seed for the need of a general mercantile in the township. Most of the citizenry of Sugar Grove Township was originally of New England stock, with their roots in an area known for their strict adherence to record keeping. There were a few individuals who kept journals or at least passed their family lore on to their descendants, but much of the significant history of the township was lost when no one saw the importance of recording events in those early years. In a clipping from an Aurora newspaper of long ago, one sentence stands out from the remainder of an article about Sugar Grove. Although no documentation can be made, the few lines of print add greatly to the history of the Bliss House: “When Abraham Lincoln was riding the circuit as an active member of the Illinois bar, he frequently stopped at the Bliss store when driving between Geneva, county seat of Kane, and Ottawa, county seat of LaSalle.” Abraham Lincoln rode the circuit in the early years of his law career, before he formed a partnership and established himself in Springfield. He may have been “just another circuit rider” at the time he passed through Sugar Grove. He was know to have visited Aurora on more than one occasion, so why not Sugar Grove and the only mercantile store in the area? The P.Y. Bliss store would have been a welcome sight to a rider traveling the dirt trail of the day, hot and dusty in summer and undoubtedly muddy after a rain. The combination home and store was moved across Bliss Road from the prominent corner where it had stood, and P.Y. Bliss’s son Harrison built a larger, grander home on the site. The smaller house sheltered many families during the following century, as it grew shabbier in appearance with each passing decade. In 1997, the second move for the Bliss House was from the Bliss Road – Merrill Road area, south to Main Street within the Village of Sugar Grove. It was discovered at the time the house was jacked from its foundation, that the old building weighed far more than anticipated. It was then it was discovered that the walls were filled with bricks! While bricks act as a poor source of insulation, they did serve as a deterrent to frost build-up between the exterior clapboards and the horsehair plaster on the interior. The newly discovered weight of the bricks cause a beam to crack, but once the house was secured, the move south began. Because of the overpass on Route 47, the structure was forced to take a rather roundabout route to its new location. The house was transported east along Galena to Gordon Lane, south to Prairie, then west on Prairie, and back to Main Street to the newly prepared foundation awaiting the arrival of the 150-year old house. The restored Bliss House now serves as home to the Sugar Grove Historical Society. The rear of the building where the original kitchen addition had once been is used for commercial business. Preservationist Barbara Hollmier oversaw the move and five years of restoration work. The preservation of the Bliss House is important because of its historical significance to the community. The use to which it is now assigned as a repository for artifacts, journals, maps, court records, and genealogical records, is quite fitting with the character of the house.   Source: “Sin-Qua-Sip: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois” by Patsy Mighell Paxton Subject The topic of the resource Bliss House Museum Sugar Grove Historical Society Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sugar Grove Historical Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Bliss House Museum Text Bliss Family History Bliss House Museum IL Sugar Grove Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/1c9b4751ceb56ae7bf5d1eb308c19b7c.pdf d69f76be503894039e1b6f1fd47e66d4 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4081af17998a9d8d35598c749074f693.jpg 487e28cc88f218e787d8f99132a54f9e https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/dfa25a87fd352341faffa736b83f2333.jpg 244327842f19d270d2a42f9f08132d17 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/292e8983b86fbb16b05ce22084301643.jpg b4a711100f759e388d794e195921a3dc https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d3243f7cef4d0b03d60fd15696308b46.jpg ae64e4872902b58f94953afea191b36d https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/71740c0074cf5917a1c6f31b303e1e53.jpg 89ed61acc31d6d2243dce035476e61be https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/465439f6a608fd0a01398e8d9ee77c07.jpg 3e8a7bfb1f31b75cd578ab56bd3cfc97 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/61a334b64dd4aa6f6315fd7624bbf46d.jpg 7a1005fb87f82de3bf188725a3a28fc7 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/862b8acc6a002194c9bc43613431449f.jpg 7005e81305c6f26e7ebe4265faf6feec https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/052bb19b322c23c1889de6b0ebec23ba.jpg c7aaee41e1aaa501407c877f60016e19 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9eb5894bf1421f4fb990181707b69cd3.jpg 93a15c9c207df05b0205a22cb847e9ac Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Charles Ogle, Helen Ogle, Audrey Claesson, Marge Tremain, Dr. John Marks Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/857f4887e10efe6a4c63684d41fe5e7b.jpg 1410d8eab86a3abfd804af23e7420cad https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/35656b7f5a5470b569200083d0218fa1.jpg 40b0e901253bd68bb2900d43b5f64ec9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Margaret Greyer, Syna Shouba, Doris Ammen, Julie Bolster, Lyle Bolster Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa