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Naper Settlement. Naper Settlement, established in 1969, is a 12-acre (49,000 m 2) outdoor history museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums that consists of a collection of thirty historical buildings and structures from the Naperville, Illinois area. Many buildings were moved here from their original locations and refurbished in a ...
Naperville Historic District. Roughly bounded by Juilian, Highland, Chicago, Jackson, Eagle, and 5th Sts. / 41.77556°N 88.15194°W / 41.77556; -88.15194. The Naperville Historic District is a set of 613 buildings in Naperville, Illinois. Of these 613 buildings, 544 contribute to the historical integrity of the area.
Moser Tower (often referred to as the Naperville Bell Tower) is a structure built in Naperville, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1999 to commemorate the third millennium and 21st century. [1][2] It is 160 feet (49 m) tall and contains the Millennium Carillon, a carillon of 72 bells. [3] The carillon structure is said to be one of the ...
It is a southwestern suburb of Chicago located 28 miles (45 km) west of the city on the DuPage River. [6][7][8] As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,540, [9] making it the state's fourth-most populous city. Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper.
The Naperville train disaster occurred April 25, 1946, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Loomis Street in Naperville, Illinois, when the railroad's Exposition Flyer rammed into the Advance Flyer, which had made an unscheduled stop to check its running gear. The Exposition Flyer had been coming through on the same track at 80 ...
The Old Nichols Library is a historic building on Washington Street in Naperville, Illinois. The building was designed by Mifflin E. Bell [citation needed] in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. [1] The building served as the original public library for Naperville from its construction in 1897 until 1986, when the library operations moved to ...
Joseph Naper, also known as " Joe Naper " and " Captain Joseph Naper " (1798–1862), was an early Illinois pioneer, ship captain, shipbuilder, businessman, surveyor, state militia officer, soldier, politician, and city planner. In 1831, Naper and his brother John were credited with founding Naper's Settlement. Besides Galena, Illinois (1827 ...
Elevation. 689 ft (210 m) Established. 1946. McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River . The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930.