Potter and Barker Grain Elevator

	Potter and Barker Grain Elevator
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1N298 La Fox Rd., La Fox, Illinois
Coordinates	41°53′14″N 88°24′34″W / 41.88722°N 88.40944°W
Built	1868
NRHP reference No.	16000899
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. It is situated next to the La Fox station. 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.

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[NPS-1] "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/13/2016 Through 12/30/2016". National Park Service. January 6, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

[2] 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.

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