The Campton Hills community has banned together for a major restoration.
The Kane County Chronicle says during a Campton Hills residents commute, they notice a small building on Route 64 that seemed to be in disrepair. It was actually a mausoleum. Contact was made with the owner and offer was made to lend a hand, and the owner accepted. Word spread and other members of the community wanted to help and clean up began, including painting and brush clearing.
The owner of the property Gary Norton Bullinger of Warrenville says eleven of his family members are interred in the mausoleum.
"The original" Garret Norton born 1802 arrived in Illinois from New York in 1838, who purchased nearly 700 acres of farmland in Campton township, where he grew grain and raised dairy cows.