Potter and Barker Grain Elevator
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Location | 1N298 La Fox Rd., La Fox, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 41°53′14″N 88°24′34″W / 41.88722°N 88.40944°WCoordinates: 41°53′14″N 88°24′34″W / 41.88722°N 88.40944°W |
Built | 1868 |
NRHP reference No. | 16000899[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 27, 2016 |
The Potter and Barker Grain Elevator is a historic grain elevator located at 1N298 La Fox Road in La Fox, Illinois. The elevator was built in 1868 by former whaling ship captain Lemuel Potter and his brother-in-law Henry Barker. Part of a wave of industrial development in the Fox Valley, it served as a transfer point for grain being shipped along the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (later the Chicago & Northwestern Railway and now Union Pacific Railroad). The elevator represents an intermediate point in the transition from one-story rural elevators to taller, mechanized second stage elevators. Its small capacity is typical of the older one-story elevators, but it includes mechanized systems of unloading and raising grain common to later structures.[2]
The elevator was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2016.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/13/2016 Through 12/30/2016". National Park Service. January 6, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ Ruggiero, Erica (June 8, 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Potter and Barker Grain Elevator" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Grain elevators in the United States
- Industrial buildings completed in 1868
- 1868 establishments in Illinois
- Northern Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs