Huntley's Woodstock Street

Few remaining examples of streets containing old paving bricks survive in McHenry County. Woodstock and North streets in Huntley are two such vintage roadways. Woodstock Street, lined with mature trees and grand old houses, was the main thoroughfare through Huntley. In the days when farmers brought their milk by horse and wagon to town for processing, the steep hill in the street made paving necessary.

Brick paving was basically a fad of the times. Brick paved streets were “prized for their modernity, ease of traffic movement and cleanliness” but not every town embraced this method of street paving during the later half of the 1800’s and early 1900’s. The fact that Huntley did makes this feature rare in the county.