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May 20th, 2022
Picnics, outdoor games, bike rides and walks... all activities we're looking forward to with Summer right around the corner. But, don't forget about Summer Reading at the library!
Summer Reading will begin on Wednesday, May 25, and go through August 12, ...
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November 29th, 2021
If 100 people gave you a list of recommended WW2 readings the chances are you would get no two lists the same - there are that many stories. This was a period of huge numbers and at the same time ...
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November 19th, 2021
Non-Fiction
Green Christmas: Little Changes that Bring Joy & Help the Planet by Eilidh Gallagher
394.2663 GAL 2020
A book packed with ideas and recipes on how to make Christmas more sustainable. Focus tends to be on cultivating experiences more than belongings. Ideas ...
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November 17th, 2021
Season’s Readings! The first annual adult winter reading program, Season’s Readings, takes place Wednesday, December 15, 2021 through Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
Stop by the adult services reference desk to sign up and receive your reading log and a bookmark. Your reading ...
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November 2nd, 2021
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North County Houses
Almon Parke House | 1884 - Located on Route 23 between Sycamore and Genoa, north of Lloyd Road. Parke was a Captain in the Civil War, and a brick and stone mason. His son Henry H, Parke was ...
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November 2nd, 2021
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Even small towns like Kirkland, Malta and Sandwich were known in the late 1800’s to contain a building, usually downtown, known as an Opera House. Opera Houses were different from theaters, as they were then known, in that theaters were ...
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November 2nd, 2021
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Altgeld Hall’s Cornerstone Laying | While the actual ground breaking for what is now Altgleld Hall at NIU ad taken place on September 17. 1895, the laying of the building’s cornerstone did not occur until October 1, 1895. The event ...
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November 2nd, 2021
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Chicago and Northwestern/ Union Pacific Railroad Depot | Designed in 1890, opened for use in 1891. Designed in Romanesque Revival style architecture by Charles Sumner Frost of the Firm Frost and Granger, the official architects of the railroad under President ...
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November 2nd, 2021
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Parks
Franklin Township Park | Located one block south of Route 72, on Third Street in Kirkland. Focal point of the park is the Northern Illinois Veterans Memorial. The effort to bring the memorial about began in 1989 and cost $300,000 ...
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November 2nd, 2021
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Sycamore
Westgate Building/Sycamore Hospital | 1899/1900 – 215 West Elm Street – Built for Dr. Letitia A. Westgate, Sycamore. Dr. Westgate was the county’s first female doctor, who settled here in 1892. Intended to cost $10,000, the final cost reached $25,000. ...
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