Professional Pictures & Mirror Hanging in South Elgin, Illinois

South Elgin neighborhoods vary by development era and location. The older downtown area near the Fox River contains the community's earliest residential buildings, including renovated historic homes and some remaining farmhouses on larger lots, often featuring steep stairs to second floors, basement access from exterior cellar doors, and sometimes well houses or outbuildings. The area around McLean Boulevard includes housing from the 1970s-1980s with split-level and bi-level designs built on the area's rolling terrain, creating homes with multiple short staircases and different floor levels within the main living space. The extensive subdivisions south of Highway 20 and west of Route 31 contain the majority of South Elgin's housing, built primarily from the 1990s forward with two-story Colonial and transitional designs, attached two-car garages with direct house access, finished basements with egress windows, and often three to four bedroom layouts with jack-and-jill bathrooms and open upstairs hallways overlooking entry foyers. The Bowes Creek Country Club area features larger homes on premium lots with custom details, multiple staircases including service stairs or back staircases, and often finished lower levels with wet bars and recreation spaces.