Elgin Illinois - Love old homes and architecture?  This is the place for you!

Incorporated in 1854, Elgin Illinois is a city with a fascinating past, an engaging present and an exciting future. Home to nearly 106,000 residents, Elgin is a warm and friendly community that embraces newcomers and long-time residents alike.

Boundary Map

Elgin History

Historic Preservation in Elgin has been making advances for over twenty-five years. Efforts were begun in the early 1980s as a grassroots movement by residents of an east side neighborhood known as the Gifford Park Neighborhood. It was generally recognized that the effects of urban renewal of the 1960s had caused the erosion of downtown Elgin which was slowly making its way into the neighborhoods that surrounded it.

One of the methods that was determined to be effective in controlling this wearing away of downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods was to enable the City to identify and protect architecturally significant properties and neighborhoods through the creation of a local landmark ordinance which enabled individual structures to be designated as landmarks, and groups of structures to be designated as historic districts.

Historic Preservation is handled through the Planning and Neighborhood Services Department: 

150 Dexter Ct. Elgin, IL  60120  Ph: (847) 931-5910  Historic Preservation Hours 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

If you are interested in local historic architecture then you may want to visit the 'There Used To Be' website. This website gives information about the book titled, "There Used To Be, A Look Back at Elgin’s Architectural Heritage" by author Steven Stroud.

Local Historic Architecture

Elgin residences in 1902 (Pictorial)

1920 Street of Elgin Pictorial  3 sections - Shows homes by streets in alphabetical order

Elgin Historical District (4)

Gifford Park Historical

Yearly Elgin House Tour

2009 Elgin House Tour

Looking for a charming older home?   Call Lyn Sims today to begin your search into the past!

    Lyn Sims (847)230-7324
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