The David Syme House is located in

Sycamore, Illinois Sycamore is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. It has a commercial district based and centered on Illinois Route 64. The population was 18577 at the 2020 census, up from 17,519 at the 2010 census. Sycamore is the county seat of De ...

and is part of the Sycamore Historic District. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in May 1978. The Queen Anne style home was constructed circa 1880.

History

David Syme arrived in Sycamore in 1868 and was president of Sycamore National Bank. During his tenure in Sycamore, Syme served as mayor and president of the school board. He often donated time and funds to the

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, another building within the district. His home was constructed for about $8,000 around 1880. The architect, George O. Garnsey of Chicago, designed the home in the Queen Anne style, and published his design in May 1885. Other homes that used the same original design include the Jenkinson House in Port Huron, Michigan, built in 1889, the Shearer-Christy House in Waupaca, Wisconsin, built in 1892, and the McClure House in Los Angeles, California, built in 1887. Some of the home's features are its two, prominent

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.David Syme House is the Cat's Meow
, ''Daily Chronicle'', 26 August 2002, Retrieved January 14, 2007.

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