Hobbs Building
Hobbs Building | |
![]() | |
![]() ![]() | |
Location | 2-4 North River St., Aurora, Illinois |
---|---|
Coordinates | 41°45′33″N 88°19′00″W / 41.75917°N 88.31667°WCoordinates: 41°45′33″N 88°19′00″W / 41.75917°N 88.31667°W |
Built | 1895 |
Built by | Levi Hull Waterhouse |
Architect | James E. Minott |
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 100006645[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 17, 2021 |
The Hobbs Building is a historic commercial building at 2-4 North River Street in Aurora, Illinois. Albert Hobbs, a businessman and local civic leader, had the building constructed in 1895 for his furniture and undertaking businesses. Architect James E. Minott gave the building a Richardsonian Romanesque design which incorporated elements of the Queen Anne style. The four-story building has a five-sided turret on its front corner and several multi-story bay windows on its street-facing facades; the turret was originally topped by an onion dome. The building's design also includes arched windows with decorative brickwork, limestone windowsills and lintels, and ornamental terra cotta. Hobbs operated his furniture store in the building until his death in 1926; the building has had several owners since then, most of them other stores, but has been vacant since 1990.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 2021.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/14/2021 Through 6/17/2021". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ Olafson, Valerie; Grobe, Jennie; McQueen, Stefanie (November 16, 2020). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hobbs Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Hobbs Building at Wikimedia Commons
- National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Commercial buildings completed in 1895
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Aurora, Illinois
- Northern Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs