Elgin Historic District
The Elgin Historic District is a set of 697 buildings in Elgin, Illinois. Of these, 429 contribute to the district's historical integrity. The district is the oldest portion of the city, and contains mostly residences and churches.Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elgin Public Museum and Elgin National Watch Company Observatory.
Elgin Public Museum
Museum
The Elgin Public Museum of Natural History and Anthropology is a natural history museum located in Elgin, Illinois. The museum, now over a hundred years old, is located within the 108-acre Lords Park.
Elgin National Watch Company Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Elgin National Watch Company Observatory is a historic building in Elgin, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was built in 1910 to serve the Elgin National Watch Company two blocks to the west.
National Street/Elgin station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
National Street is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elgin, Illinois. The station is 36.0 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elgin and South Elgin.
Elgin
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elgin is a city in Chicagoland known for its Victorian architecture and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
South Elgin
Town
South Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,865. In 2007, Money magazine named South Elgin as 82nd of 100 entries in its "America's Best Places to Live" edition and again in 2011 as 98th of 100 entries. South Elgin is situated 3 miles south of Elgin Historic District.
East Dundee
Village
East Dundee is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States, with a small section in Cook County. The population was 3,152 at the 2020 census. East Dundee is situated 4 miles north of Elgin Historic District.
Elgin Historic District
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Illinois, United States
- Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
- Location: Elgin Township, Kane, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.03764° or 42° 2′ 16″ northLongitude
-88.26812° or 88° 16′ 5″ westOpen location code
86JH2PQJ+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 7852091516OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5360038
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