Hofmann Tower

	Hofmann Tower
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Hofmann Tower in 2011
Location	3910 Barry Point Rd., Lyons, Illinois
Coordinates	41°49′14″N 87°49′19″W / 41.82056°N 87.82194°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908
Architect	Sauber, H.W., Construction Co.
NRHP reference No.	78001139
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1978

Hofmann Tower is a tower in Lyons, Illinois. It was built in 1908 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.

Hofmann Tower is featured prominently in two books written by Rose Marie Benedetti and Virginia C. Bulat entitled Lyons: A history of a village and area important for 300 years (1959) and Portage, pioneers, and pubs: A history of Lyons, Illinois (1963).^[2]^[3]

George Hofmann, Jr., a local brewer built a dam on the Des Plaines River to generate electricity. He also built the adjacent tower as part of a park that attracted visitors to picnic and ride boats.^[2]^[3]

In the 1970s, Rose Marie Benedetti and Maureen S. Kiener worked closely with the preservation efforts of the Village of Lyons Historical Commission to have Hofmann Tower designated a village and state landmark and placed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Benedetti, Rose Marie; Bulat, Virginia C. (1959). Lyons: A history of a village and area important for 300 years. Riverside, Illinois: Riverside News.
^ ^a ^b ^c Benedetti, Rose Marie; Bulat, Virginia C. (1963). Portage, pioneers, and pubs: A history of Lyons, Illinois. Chicago: Angel Guardian Orphanage Press.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[Lyons_Village-2] Benedetti, Rose Marie; Bulat, Virginia C. (1959). Lyons: A history of a village and area important for 300 years. Riverside, Illinois: Riverside News.

[Lyons_Portage-3] Benedetti, Rose Marie; Bulat, Virginia C. (1963). Portage, pioneers, and pubs: A history of Lyons, Illinois. Chicago: Angel Guardian Orphanage Press.

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