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Despite losses, enterprises go on: 100 block of West State Street includes some business sites typical of historic county seat
The Sycamore Historic District: Location 8
By Steve Bigolin - Chronicle Columnist
Downtown Sycamore remains a viable central business district today, containing a good number of noteworthy examples of architecture from the late 19th and early 20th century - including the structures at 156 and 160 W. State St.
The December 1976 nomination papers for the Sycamore Historic District stated: “Land use within the historic district conforms to the norm of small Illinois county seats, with governmental and commercial uses concentrated together ... and surrounded by residential neighborhoods. The commercial area of the district - primarily State Street from Main to just West of Somonauk - presents a closed, nearly gap-free wall three stories in
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