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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[edit]

Churches[edit]

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			Y^[4]
	First Baptist Church	NE corner of Maple and Elm	Gothic Revival	1899		Y
	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church	Waterman and California				Y
	St. Peter's Episcopal Church	206 Somonauk Street	Classical Revival	1879		Y
	Old Congregational Church	SE corner of High and Somonauk	Gothic Revival	1884	George O. Garnsey	Y
	Universalist Church/Arthur Stark House	212 S. Main Street	Italianate	1855	unknown, Arthur Stark	Y

Commercial buildings[edit]

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.

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

Government properties[edit]

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

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

Houses[edit]

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.

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

References[edit]

Mikolajczyk, Paul L. Fire destroys church, Daily Chronicle, 10 February 2004, Retrieved 7 July 2007.

Notes[edit]

^ Bigolin, Steve. The Sycamore Historic District: Introduction, Daily Chronicle, 14 August 2006. Retrieved on August 14 2007.
^ HAARGIS Database, Property Information Report, Sycamore Historic District, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved January 29, 2007.
^ Sycamore Historic District, (PDF), Illinois Historic Sites Inventory Survey, HAARGIS Database, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency [1]. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
^ The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John was destroyed by fire in 2004. See Mikolajczyk, "Fire destroys church."
^ 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.

[chronicle1-1] Bigolin, Steve. The Sycamore Historic District: Introduction, Daily Chronicle, 14 August 2006. Retrieved on August 14 2007.

[haargis-2] HAARGIS Database, Property Information Report, Sycamore Historic District, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved January 29, 2007.

[il-3] Sycamore Historic District, (PDF), Illinois Historic Sites Inventory Survey, HAARGIS Database, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency [1]. Retrieved 18 February 2007.

[firenote-4] The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John was destroyed by fire in 2004. See Mikolajczyk, "Fire destroys church."

[kellum-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.

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