Tuesday, April 9, 2013

NEW GROUP HOME LOTS


We successfully closed on the purchase of two home lots in Hecker on March 21.  They are lots 7 and 8 on Hilgard Street and are in the Freedom Village subdivision.  They are near St. Augustine Catholic Church and a small park.  Hecker is located east of Waterloo where IL Route 159 and IL Route 156 intersect.  The Village of Hecker has 481 residents and was incorporated in 1895.  Up to that point the town was named Freedom but when it was incorporated as a village the US Post Office forced them to rename since there already was a Freedom, Illinois.  They chose Hecker because Col.  Friedrich Hecker lived close by and they wanted to honor him.  The original land in Hecker was owned by Theodore Hilgard for whom Hilgard Street is named.  

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