Spring Valley House, Dee Bennett Road, Utica, La Salle County, IL

Significance: The Spring Valley House was constructed an as early resort in the mid nineteenth century to take advantage of nearby sulphur springs. The massive limestone structure is unusual in that it was built as a hotel in a rural area when most other rural accommodations of the period were provided in simple residential structures which provided no individual guest rooms.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-191
Survey number: HABS IL-1150
Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1963 Subsequent Work