The DeKalb Public Library is now a proud partner of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, and registration is now open! What is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library? The Imagination Library is a literacy program founded by the legendary...
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We know that DeKalb is known for its barbed wire, but it’s also known for its corn!In fact, it’s so popular, that we even have an entire fest dedicated to this delicious vegetable. The DeKalb Corn Fest actually started off as a corn boil by...
We are over a month into Summer Reading! Great job to all who have participated and even completed the challenge. To those who have not, there is still time! Sign-up and read at least 10 hours by August 12 to win cool prizes and a chance at winning...
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Houses-BrochureDownload 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...
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Opera-Houses-1Download DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Opera-Houses-2Download 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...
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Train-DepotsDownload 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...
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Forest-Preserves-and-ParksDownload 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...
DeKalb-County-Spots-and-Tours-HospitalsDownload 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...
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