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Fire
Station No. 1
1204 S. Park Avenue |
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The oldest Fire Station in the Village. Built in 1972, it
houses five fire personnel per day, one truck, two engines and one
ambulance. It is the Department’s main training center and
is open to the public during Fire Prevention Week.
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Fire Station No. 2
900 W. Irving Park Road |
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The newest Fire Station, it replaced
an inactive facility located on Cypress and Bartlett.
The Station was completed in 2002 and is considered a
satellite facility because it houses three to four fire personnel
with one ambulance and one squad company serving the growing
western side of the Village.
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Fire Station No. 3
1095 E. Schaumburg |
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This is the administrative center of the Fire Department.
Built in 1992, it houses four fire personnel, three administrative
staff, one engine, one ambulance and one Hazard Materials
Response vehicle as well as the offices of the Fire Chief.
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Municipal Complex – Village
Hall, Police Department and Veterans Memorial |
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Village Hall
301 E. Irving Park Road
Built in 1989, the administrative offices of the Village
government including offices for the Village President and
Board and Council Chambers. Water bills, vehicle stickers,
building permits and job applications are available here.
Village Hall also houses a satellite campus of Elgin Community
College and Roosevelt University.
Police Department
401 E. Irving Park Road
The Police Department building used to be Village Hall. When the new Village Hall was completed, the building was
renovated to look like the new Village Hall. The Police
Department houses 68 personnel who are responsible for
patrolling the streets, crime prevention, D.A.R.E.
programming, special investigations and tactical operations.
The Department also has three police liaison officers in the local
schools.
Veterans Memorial
Dedicated in 1991, this memorial sits between the Village Hall
and Police Department. The memorial lists all of the military
engagements that the United States has been in since the
Revolutionary War. It is one of the only memorials in the
country that honors all veterans, including women, from every
branch of the armed services.
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Poplar Creek Forest Preserve
Route 59 and Schaumburg Road |
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Streamwood is bounded by 4,500 acres of beautiful forest
preserves on its northern border. The Poplar Creek Forest
Preserve provides hiking, biking, horseback riding and picnic
areas. A wide variety of fresh water fish are located in its
streams and lakes. There is also a restored sample of the
original Illinois prairie.
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Hoosier Grove Park - Hoosier
Grove Park, Farmstead and Museum |
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Hoosier Grove Barn and
Park
700 W. Irving Park Road
Hoosier Grove Park is a 20 acre park which is the site of
many community events such as Summer Celebration, Pumpkinfest
and the annual Easter Egg roll. The park houses an 1888 barn
original to the site. The barn, restored in 1993 as a banquet
facility, is joined by an old farmhouse, stable and
schoolhouse, reminding visitors what life in the Village was
like when the area was a farming community.
Hoosier Grove Schoolhouse
Museum
Built in 1904, Hoosier Grove School was a one-room schoolhouse
which educated the children of the area prior to Streamwood’s
incorporation as a Village in 1957. Classes continued at the
school until 1954. It was the last country school operated in
Hanover Township. Originally located at the southwest corner
of Barrington and Church (now Schaumburg) Roads, the building
was moved to Hoosier Grove Park in 1988 and serves as the
community’s museum.
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Poplar Creek Public Library
1405 S. Park Avenue |
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Poplar Creek Public Library offers a
vast array of books,
written material, services and educational/recreational
programs for all ages. The Library is a registered government
depository which means that all federal and state publications
are stored and maintained at the library.
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Streamwood Oaks Golf Course
565 S. Madison |
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Streamwood Oaks is a
municipally- owned, nine-hole golf
course open to the public. Operated by the Village, this 3,404
yard championship course was designated one of the most
challenging golf course in Illinois.
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Park Place Family Recreation
Center
505 S. Park Boulevard |
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A state-of-the-art fitness center, indoor basketball
courts, indoor aquatic center, aerobics studio and indoor
elevated track are the highlights of this facility which
opened in 1995.
Services are available to residents of all ages including
creative dramatics for children, a children’s museum, stress
management, massage therapist, tanning salon and Senior
Center.
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Historic
Church and Cemetery |
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Immanuel United Church of
Christ
1500 Old Church Road
Immanuel United Church of Christ was originally founded by
German immigrants that moved to this area. The interior of the
church bears an inscription over the altar, in German, which
represents its original heritage. Built in 1868, this is the oldest
building in Streamwood and one of the oldest
churches in the region.
Immanuel Cemetery
1490 Old Church Road
The cemetery located adjacent to the church shows the
stability of farm families that grew up in and around the
area. Multiple generations might be christened, married and
buried at the church. Some of the graves in this cemetery date
back to the original founding of the congregation in 1852.
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