Hobbs Building

	Hobbs Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2-4 North River St., Aurora, Illinois
Coordinates	41°45′33″N 88°19′00″W / 41.75917°N 88.31667°W
Built	1895
Built by	Levi Hull Waterhouse
Architect	James E. Minott
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	100006645
Added to NRHP	June 17, 2021

The Hobbs Building is a historic commercial building at 2-4 North River Street in Aurora, Illinois. Albert Hobbs, a businessman and local civic leader, had the building constructed in 1895 for his furniture and undertaking businesses. Architect James E. Minott gave the building a Richardsonian Romanesque design which incorporated elements of the Queen Anne style. The four-story building has a five-sided turret on its front corner and several multi-story bay windows on its street-facing facades; the turret was originally topped by an onion dome. The building's design also includes arched windows with decorative brickwork, limestone windowsills and lintels, and ornamental terra cotta. Hobbs operated his furniture store in the building until his death in 1926; the building has had several owners since then, most of them other stores, but has been vacant since 1990.^[2]

In 2019 JH Real Estate purchased the building and completely renovated it. In 2022 they welcomed their first residents.^[3]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 2021.^[1]

For a 1910 Fourth of July Celebration, a man jumped off the top of the dome into a 6ft pool of water.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/14/2021 Through 6/17/2021". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
^ Olafson, Valerie; Grobe, Jennie; McQueen, Stefanie (November 16, 2020). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hobbs Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
^ The Hobbs History https://www.thehobbsaurora.com/history
^ Hobbs Building 1892 https://www.aurora-il.org/619/3A-Hobbs-Building-1892

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[NPS-1] "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/14/2021 Through 6/17/2021". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2021.

[2] Olafson, Valerie; Grobe, Jennie; McQueen, Stefanie (November 16, 2020). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hobbs Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.

[3] The Hobbs History https://www.thehobbsaurora.com/history

[4] Hobbs Building 1892 https://www.aurora-il.org/619/3A-Hobbs-Building-1892

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