Commercial buildings in Sycamore Historic District

The largest concentration of commercial contributing properties to the historic district are found along Illinois Route 64 as it passes through Sycamore.

Its top floor was, however, finished in a gray material similar to that which covers the facade today.

[3] The Court Building, a free standing structure near downtown Sycamore, is designed in a Tudor Revival motif.

[4] It is directly across the street from another notable structure in the district, the National Bank & Trust Co. Building.

The building was constructed in 1925 and designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Weary & Alford Company.

[7] The third floor of the George's Block, not in use as of 2007, contained a lecture hall where a wide variety of speakers from around the United States would come for presentations.

In the first year the building existed such famous men as Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner and Bayard Taylor spoke there.