The description of this bus tour on September 25, 2004 read, "The tour itinerary will include a dozen sites that have been 'Preserved for the Public' with the aid of significant Riverboat Grants. Highlights will include several renovated farmsteads, two restored one-room schools, three former depots, and a unique sixteen-sided barn." One of the properties visited was the 1838 Bliss House in Sugar Grove (pictured) that was moved and restored, in part, from a grant from the Grand Victoria Riverboat Fund. The fund continues to offer grants for the rehabilitation of historic sites in Kane County. For example, a grant awarded to Preservation Partners last year paid for the much-needed restoration of the exterior of the 1850 Beith House in downtown St. Charles.
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SOURCE: "Conference 'On Wheels' Highlights Riverboat Grants," Advocate (Fall 2004), 1.