Batavia, Illinois

Kane County

History - Genealogy - Today

"The Windmill City"

Maps & Photos

Bird's eye view of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, 1869.

Open Spaces - Batavia today

Batavia Area Information on this Site

History

Bellevue Place - 333 S. Jefferson Street, Batavia, IL (Dr. Patterson's Hospital)

Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln was a patient for four months in the summer of 1875.

Dr. Patterson of Bellevue Place

 

Source: History of Kane County by Joslyn & Joslyn 1908

 



 

Fox Hill Home (Unwed mothers)

The Button Factory

Batavia had a button factory that made use of the abundant clam shells from the Fox River.

Fabyan Park - Japaneese Gardens & Windmill

Riverbank Laboratories

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Area Resources

• History of Batavia (and region) City of Batavia Site

• Batavia Historical Society

• Illinois History Web (Batavia High School project)

• History of Batavia (Village Profiles site)

• Batavia Township (Property Records)

• Fermi Laboratory (site of community of Weston)

• History of the Evangelical Covenant Church

• United Methodist Church Records - Batavia

  Regional History Archives at Northern IL University - DeKalb

• History of the Disciples in Illinois 1819-1914

Notable Architecture

Burke House, Washington St., BATAVIA, Kane County, IL.

Historical Renovation

Biographies

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