120 TENNYSON COURT
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
120 Tennyson Court The home was built for a real estate investor and Civil War Veteran Thomas Dougherty in 1898 for $1,200. Thomas, who worked for the Elgin office of the Chicago Record Room, never occupied the new house. His residence in 1898 was listed as 314 DuPage in Elgin and then later at 132 Hill Avenue.
120 Tennyson Court appears to have been used as an investment property until 1919 when Lewis and Agnes Hein purchased the property after renting it for two years. Lewis was a manager at the Elgin Music Company as well as a music teacher.
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
120 Tennyson Court is a two story vernacular cross-gabled structure, with a dominant front-facing gable and shallower extensions on either side. The property received a Historic Rehabilitation Grant to remove the substitute siding, restore the original siding and recreated missing architectural features. Most impressively, the owners reconstructed the front porch in a design that is more appropriate for the home borrowing elements from a historic photograph of a similar home in Elgin.
TIMELINE OF PREVIOUS OWNERS
Sources: 2020 Heritage Plaque Application; Audio: TextAloud