Lemont Downtown Historic District

	Lemont Downtown Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Charles Fruhauf Building
Location	Roughly bounded by Main, Stephen, Illinois, River and Front Sts., Lemont, Illinois
Coordinates	41°40′28″N 88°00′01″W / 41.67444°N 88.00028°W
Area	16 acres (6.5 ha)
NRHP reference No.	16000582
Added to NRHP	September 6, 2016

The Lemont Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district encompassing 14 city blocks in downtown Lemont, Illinois. The district has served as the village's downtown since the 1850s, when the newly opened Illinois & Michigan Canal and subsequent limestone quarrying in the area sparked a local economic boom. It expanded through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as new railroads and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal brought residents and business opportunities to the village. The commercial buildings in the district exhibit a variety of common building types seen between 1850 and 1950; one-part, two-part, gable-front, and false-front buildings are all present, and their designs feature Italianate, Commercial, and revival style architecture. The district also includes several of Lemont's government buildings, including its village hall and post office.^[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 2016.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2016" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ Valone, Heather (May 23, 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lemont Downtown Commercial District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved September 25, 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

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[NPS-1] "National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2016" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[2] Valone, Heather (May 23, 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lemont Downtown Commercial District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved September 25, 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

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