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EAST SIDE OF STRUCTURE LOOKING WEST - Mowry Brown House, State Route 2, Owen Township, Rockford, Winnebago County, IL
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Brown, Mowry
Watts, Roger, photographer
Jacobson, Jerry, historian
Walters, William D, historian
Esarey, Mark, historian
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EAST SIDE OF STRUCTURE LOOKING WEST - Mowry Brown House, State Route 2, Owen Township, Rockford, Winnebago County, IL
Depicted place Illinois; Winnebago County; Rockford
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ILL,101-ROCFO.V,1-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Mowry Brown house is a ca. 1840 residential building. ... It is apparently one of the oldest surviving structures in Winnebago County and embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Greek Revival Style in a comparatively small vernacular expression. ... The house is of potential historical significance due to its association with Mowry Brown, who was one of the earliest carpenters and homebuilders in the county and whose activities are frequently mentioned in local histories...
  • Survey number: HABS IL-303
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0468.photos.060499p
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Object location42° 16′ 16″ N, 89° 05′ 38″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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