Building date: Completed 1850
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°02'03.26"N 88°16'39.24"W. Current owner of record, Cumins Holdings LLC, Andrew Cuming as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Township of Elgin and Kane County Maps.
The Gifford-Davidson House, also known as "Stone Cottage," at 363-365 Prairie St., Elgin, Illinois, was built by James Gifford in 1850. However, if so, it's clearly a retrofit of the Second Empire style popular in the 1860s through 1880s. It was placed on the National Register in 1980. The house was designed by Edwin F. Reeves, a native of New York. It is within the Elgin Historic District. Gifford was a native of central New York and was one of the founders of Dundee, Yates County, N.Y. He moved west to Kane County, Ill. in 1835 and was one of the founders of the town of Elgin, Ill. He was a prominent businessman, built roads and furnished wood used to fuel steamboats. Richard Palmer blog.
 | Current photographs with audio and text description of historic and architectural significance, courtesy Historic Elgin website. There is a gallery of four photographs of the structure on this webpage. Photography courtesy Historic Elgin.com. |
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Gifford - Troxel House
- Pages 209 - 210, Page 323
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¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer blog. Attribution not provided.
