Our History

2004: Bus tour highlights historic properties rehabilitated with Riverboat Grant Funds

Grand Victoria Riverboat Grants have funded dozens of rehabilitation projects of historic sites in Kane County.

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1991: Sumiko Kobayashi donates books that belonged to Nelle Fabyan

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She lived on the Fabyans’ Riverbank estate as her father was the head gardener for the Fabyans.

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1989: Geneva Country Day School Added to National Register of Historic Places

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Built in 1927, the Geneva Country Day School at 1250 South Street "was part of a nationwide movement at the turn of the century which challenged the established system of education."

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