Roughly Spring St. and Douglas Ave., bet. River Bluff Rd. and Kimball Ave., Elgin, Illinois. County/parish: Kane.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 28, 2000. NRIS 00000410.
455 contributing buildings.
The Spring–Douglas Historic District is a set of 496 buildings in Elgin, Illinois. Of those, 455 buildings contribute to the district's historical value. It is a residential district following Spring Street and Douglas Avenue from Kimball Street in the south to River Bluff Road to the north. The lands that now comprise the district were originally settled by Phineas J. Kimball and Vincent Lovell in the 1830s. Kimball's property eventually became the southern part of the district, which mostly housed working-class citizens. Lovell's subdivisions became housing for wealthier managers and doctors. The lower district is noted for its vernacular architecture, mostly gablefront houses, while the upper district represents a wide array of late 19th and early 20th century styles, mostly Queen Anne.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893106