page_title: Frederick B. Townsend House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick B. Townsend House / History
caption_attribution_description: Frederick Townsend Residence, Sycamore, Illinois. 107 W. Exchange St. National Register of Historic Places as part of the Sycamore Historic District.
context_page_description: The Frederick B. Townsend House is located in the DeKalb County, Illinois county seat of Sycamore. The home is within the boundaries of the Sycamore Historic District. The district was designated and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in May 1978. The Queen Anne style home was designed and constructed in 1890 or 1892 by the same architect and general contractor responsible for Altgeld Hall at Northern Illinois University and the nearby DeKalb County Courthouse, as well as the courthouse in Lee County.
context_section_description: Local legend has it that the house was given as a dowry of sorts to Frederick Townsend and his new bride, Mary Boynton, by her father, Charles O. Boynton, in 1890. However, newspaper articles from 1892 indicate that the mansion was new at that time.
caption: The Townsend House viewed from the lot of what was once the Townsend Garage.
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