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John Knell, Sr., a beer wholesaler who immigrated from Germany, commissioned the building in 1904. Upon completion, Hotel Arthur was the tallest building in Aurora, surpassed in 1917 by Hotel Aurora. It was the only hotel on the east side of the Fox River. The hotel was designed by Eugene Malmer and named after Arthur Knell, the brother of the ...
By the 1850s, Aurora was a major manufacturing and milling center in the Fox River valley. The Galena–Chicago trail, which carried stagecoaches from Chicago to northwestern Illinois, passed through town and provided a means of commerce. The first Fox River House was constructed in 1857 along this road for A. N. and G. Pierce.
Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States, located along the Fox River.The population was 180,542 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the second-most populous city in Illinois, after Chicago, [5] and the 144th-most populous city in the US. [6]
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad relocated its headquarters to Aurora in 1855. Expecting a rise in population due to the railroad's employment opportunities, Aurora platted a new residential section of land west of the Fox River. Aurora indeed expanded rapidly during that period, almost doubling in population from 1860 to 1874.
On 3 June 2015, Two Brothers Brewing hosted the Two Brothers Summer Festival at River Edge Park in Aurora, Illinois. The event was hosted with the goal of giving back to the community. [36] On 2 June 2017, Two Brothers Brewing will host the Two Brothers Summer Festival at River Edge Park in Aurora in Aurora, Illinois. The event will be hosted ...
Hollywood Casino Aurora opened in 1993 as Hollywood Casino Corp.'s first riverboat casino. [2] The casino's ownership transferred to Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment) after its acquisition of Hollywood Casino Corp. in 2003. [3] Two riverboats were first used, replaced by a 70,000 square feet floating, moored, half-circle structure ...
Byers Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in DeKalb, opened in 2019, [548] closed in 2024. [549] Cademon Brewing Company, brewery and taproom in Genoa, opened in 2014, [550] closed in 2016. [551] Capitol City Brewing, Springfield. [552] Chain O' Lakes Brewing Company, McHenry taproom, opened in 2013 in the old McHenry Brewery building, [553 ...
The Fox Valley—also commonly known as the Fox River Valley—is a region centered on the Fox River of Northern Illinois, along the western edges of the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] The region extends from the village of Antioch , in far northern Illinois, to the city of Ottawa in the south. [ 1 ]