A Depot Deal That Built a Town
Bartlett's original 40-acre town site was owned by Luther Bartlett, who arrived in Illinois by way of Michigan in 1844. In 1873, Bartlett offered the Chicago & Pacific Railroad a right-of-way through his land plus a station site, and the resulting depot and surrounding lots were platted and sold jointly by the railroad and the Bartlett family. The Village of Bartlett was incorporated in 1891, and the original 1873 depot still stands today as the Bartlett Depot Museum.
A Rail Line Built for Dairy, Homes Built Around It
The rail line that built Bartlett served area dairy farmers shipping to Chicago, and the depot-era downtown core that grew up around that station predates modern crawl-space and attic ventilation standards by well over a century. Homes and commercial buildings closest to that original depot core need their moisture pathways assessed on their own terms rather than compared to Bartlett's newer residential construction.
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Old Depot Core, New Subdivisions -- Different Moisture Profiles
A moisture-source correction plan in Bartlett has to distinguish between the aging construction near the original 1873 depot and newer subdivision homes built well after incorporation, since each carries a different set of ventilation and vapor-barrier assumptions.