Potter and Barker Grain Elevator
National Register of Historic Places

Potter and Barker Grain Elevator

La Fox, Kane County, Illinois
Listed
December 27, 2016
Type
Structure
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
16000899

About this property

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. The elevator was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2016.

Location

1N298 La Fox Rd.
La Fox, Kane County, Illinois
41.88650, -88.41111
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Potter and Barker Grain Elevator listed on the National Register?

Potter and Barker Grain Elevator was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2016.

What type of historic resource is Potter and Barker Grain Elevator?

Potter and Barker Grain Elevator is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Potter and Barker Grain Elevator is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1868.

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