Oswego board to vote on accepting donation of site

Oswego Village Board members on Tuesday will vote on accepting a donation of land to the village that is part of Oswego’s agricultural history.

Longtime resident Brad Smith has offered to donate the property to the village. The parcel is 0.1556 acres and is at 76 Van Buren St., which is south of the Fox River and east of Washington Street in the heart of Oswego’s downtown.

Two of the six structures on the site date back to the late 1800s, officials said.

The structures on the property include a feed mill dating from 1898-1905 and two grain elevators, one dating back to the late 19th century. There’s a storage building and three silos as well on the property.

A 2009 survey commissioned by the village listed these structures as historically significant for their association with Oswego’s