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The Central Geneva Historic District principally consists of land from the original platted settlement, now the southern half of the town. It is primarily residential, but does have a commercial sector lining W. State Street (Illinois Route 38). Among the public buildings are a public library, city hall, and county courthouse.
Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] Location Notes 1: Aledo Aledo: May 21, 1913: $10,000 200 N. College Ave. In June 1974, the Mercer Carnegie Library was one of two buildings in Aledo named “Landmarks in Mercer County” by the Historic Sites Division of the Illinois Department of Conservation.
Geneva is part of a tri-city area, located between St. Charles and Batavia. [7] [8] The area experienced rapid population growth from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s as the Chicago suburbs spread to the west. Geneva is a popular tourist destination with its scenic location along the Fox River and numerous shops and
The acoustical laboratory building was funded and built by Colonel George Fabyan on his vast Riverbank Estate in Geneva, Illinois. [4] Colonel Fabyan was a patron of obscure sciences, and references to his "Riverbank laboratories" exist as early as 1916. [5]
According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, [2] making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva , [ 3 ] and its largest city is Aurora . Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated " Chicago – Naperville – Elgin , IL– IN – WI " by the US census .
The name, "Tri-City" originated in 1910 with the publication of the first Tri-City Directory: Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, by the Evans Directory Service of Elgin, Illinois. There were ten editions of the Tri-City Directory published from 1910 to 1943. During this same period, the local telephone directories served all three cities, as well.
The North Geneva Historic District is a set of 161 buildings and structures in Geneva, Illinois. Of those, 150 contribute to the district's historical integrity. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was slightly enlarged in 2017.
14N630 IL 25: Dundee Township: A historic restaurant built along future Illinois Route 25. Max McGraw, who brought the Toastmaster to the domestic market, purchased the building in 1926 and thrived as a tearoom. It was later converted to a full restaurant to meet the changing demands of travelers.