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Will County's Historic
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Historic Landmark Registry
- Friedrich Gottlieb Seggebruch Homestead |
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The
Friedrich Gottlieb Seggebruch Homestead is a privately owned and occupied
single family residence located in Crete Township. The original house was
constructed c. 1860 and extensively remodeled in 1930. Therefore, the
period of significance runs from c. 1860 to 1930 when the last major
changes occurred. The Seggebruch House has historical and architectural
significance as a good example of a vernacular homestead, which evolved
into the American Foursquare type. The house served as the family
homestead for five generations of the Seggebruch Family and received
recognition in 1972 as a certified Illinois Centennial Farm. The house is
the only major unaltered building on the farmstead has good architectural
integrity and is in relatively good condition.
The
Seggebruch farm served as the family homestead for five generations of the
Seggebruch Family beginning in 1853. Friedrich Gottlieb Seggebruch along with
his wife, Friederike Elisabeth Eleonore Siegmann (Louisa), her mother and
all five of their children emigrated from Port of Bremerhaven, Germany in
the Autumn of 1853. The boat trip to New York lasted six weeks, after
which the trip continued on water via the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes
to Detroit and finally to Chicago. On November 8, 1853, Carl Gottlieb
Seggebruch purchased 80 acres of land in Crete Township from an attorney
and land broker, Francis Hoffmann, whose office was at 55 Clark Street in
Chicago. The land was purchased at a cost of $5.00 per acre, a sum of
$400, which was secured with a $100 down payment and a $300 mortgage.
After 129 years and five generations of ownership, the Seggebruch family
sold the homestead farm in 1982.
Historic
Name: The Friedrich Gottlieb Seggebruch Homestead
Located in
Crete Township
constructed
1854-1860
Designated
April 15, 2004
(This
landmark is located on private property and permission must be granted to
view the house in its entirety.)
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