{"nrhp_refnum":"78003101","name":"Chicago and Northwestern Depot","other_names":["ITT - Holub Industries Warehouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sacramento and DeKalb Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sycamore","county":"DeKalb County","state":"IL","lat":41.98792156400003,"lon":-88.69015556299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick railroad passenger station with a one-story brick freight wing at the northeast corner of Sacramento and DeKalb streets in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, built around 1865 by the Sycamore, Cortland and Chicago Railroad.","why_significant":"The depot is locally significant for its link to Sycamore's response to being bypassed by the main rail line, when local leaders financed their own branch railroad. The branch line helped the town grow industrially. Its design also resembles fashionable local homes more than the mass-produced railroad depots of its day.","narrative":"Built around 1865, this brick depot in Sycamore, Illinois, served a railroad that townspeople created for themselves. When the Chicago and Northwestern main line passed through Cortland and DeKalb rather than Sycamore, local leaders chartered the Sycamore, Cortland and Chicago Railroad and financed four miles of track, completed by 1855. Early on the cars were pulled by mule. By the mid-1860s the line could afford an engine and this combined passenger and freight station. The two-story passenger section has Italianate features, including tall four-over-four windows, stone segmental-arch hoods with keystones, and a steeply pitched hip roof. It resembles the homes of the line's promoters more than a standard railroad depot and lacks a platform roof. A one-story freight wing stands to the north. The Chicago and Northwestern did not acquire the building until 1883. The railroad is credited with helping industries such as the Marsh Harvester Company develop in Sycamore. The building is now used as a warehouse.","period_of_significance":"-1865","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and described as retaining virtually its original appearance; the form lists present use as a warehouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.538238-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/8927/28892732/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/78003101.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003101/ebc5bdd122-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003101/ebc5bdd122-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Andy McMurray","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sycamore_Chicago_and_Northwestern_Depot4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy McMurray</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sycamore_Chicago_and_Northwestern_Depot4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892732","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_station_(Illinois)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5095871"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/dekalb-county/chicago-and-northwestern-depot-78003101/"}