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Bliss House

Sugar Grove Historical Society: About

Sugar Grove and the Underground Railroad
Sugar Grove and the Underground Railroad

Hello again from the Sugar Grove Historical Society...This time of year it’s nice to remember the good in people and to be thankful for what we have.

Here is a story about Sugar Grove and the…

Bliss House Photo: 2010

Bliss House Photo

Bliss House Photo

Rosie Eroth: Memorial Garden at Bliss House
The Rosie Eroth Memorial Garden at the Bliss House blooms and provides colorful accents to the garden. The garden sign is engraved "In Memory of Rosie Eroth".

Sugar Grove Historical Society: Sign

Blisswood Farms Ash Tray
"Blisswood Farms, Res. of P.Y. Bliss, Esq., 1847, The Sizers, Sugar Grove, Illinois"; Ceramic Ash Tray

History of Bliss House. Source: "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois". 1878
On the 22nd day of November 1838, a man popularly known as “Boss” Read, who still lives in Blackberry, erected for P.Y. Bliss a frame house, which is still occupied by its original owner, on its original site. In the Spring of 1839, the Methodists…

Irv Ochsenschlager: Certificate of Appreciation from Sugar Grove Historical Society

Bliss House Museum with Bell from Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School
Old Sugar Grove school bell finds new home at Bliss House

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 11:39 a.m. CST
By CHRIS WALKER - editorial@kcchronicle.com

SUGAR GROVE – The old Sugar Grove school bell finally has a new home. Originally located…

Sugar Grove Historical Society: Presentation
Information about the Sugar Grove Historical Society from a presentation.

Sugar Grove Historical Society: Hosting 3rd Grade Class from John Shields Elementary School, 2017
The Sugar Grove Historical Society hosted Sarah Linden's third grade class from John Shields Elementary School in 2017. Historical Society Members Sue Jacobson and Lori McCaffrey assisted and told the children stories.

Bliss House Museum
https://www.sugargrovehistory.org/
259 S Main St., Sugar Grove, IL 60554

The Sugar Grove Historical Society is typically open Tuesdays from 1pm to 4pm.
FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10AM-1PM.
We are located at: 259 Main…

Sugar Grove Historical Society: Brochure

Bliss House Sign with History of House and Museum for "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley"
Sign in the front lawn at the Bliss House Museum commemorating the history of the house and the creation of the museum as the third place award winner in the 2000 Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards Program.

SIGN READS:

P.Y. Bliss House

The…

Bliss House: "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley"
As part of the "The Fox Runs Through it: Tales and Trails of the Fox River Valley", the history of the Bliss House and the creation of the museum was commemorated as the third place award winner in the 2000 Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards…

Carriage Stop from Nicholas Farm on Jericho Road: Display at Bliss House Museum

Bliss House Museum
If walls could talk, think of the stories the walls of the Bliss House could tell! The white frame structure with the brick filled walls stands on its new foundation south of the tracks on Main Street in Sugar Grove, filled with records and memoirs…
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