Waterman Block

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Waterman Block
(U.S. Registered Historic District Contributing Property)
The Waterman Block is still a prominent business building in downtown Sycamore, Illinois.
The Waterman Block is still a prominent business building in downtown Sycamore, Illinois.
Location: Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates: 41°59′2″N, 88°41′39″W
Area: Sycamore Historic District
Built/Founded: c. 1870
Added to NRHP: May 2, 1978[1] As part of the Sycamore Historic District.
Reference #: 78003104

The Waterman Block is located along Illinois Route 64 as it passes through the DeKalb County, Illinois city of Sycamore. The Waterman Block is part of the Sycamore Historic District and part of the National Register of Historic Places. The district was designated and added to the Register in May 1978. The three structures that make up the Waterman Block are the oldest on State Street, Illinois 64. The buildings were constructed in sometime around 1870 by Sycamore merchant James Waterman.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Bigolin, Steve. The Sycamore Historic District: Location 10, Daily Chronicle, 27 November 2006, Retrieved January 14, 2007.