203 S. ALDINE STREET

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE

203 S. Aldine was built in 1928 for Albert Ott. As noted in Rebecca Hunter’s “Elgin, Illinois Sears House Research Project,” Albert worked at the Illinois Watch Case Company.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE

203 S. Aldine Street is a nice example of a clipped front gable bungalow with narrow clapboard siding and a full-width hipped roof front porch with tapered square columns sitting on knee walls. Shingle siding can be found at the upper gable. The home is a confirmed Sears, Roebuck and Company home - model Sunlight.

Sources: Information moved from Steve Stroud’s ElginBungalows.com; Historic Image: Elgin History Museum; Rebecca Hunter: “Elgin, Illinois Sears House Research Project”