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It broadcasts on Channel 17 in Naperville and online at NCTV17.org. [135] The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper serving suburban Chicago. It was started in 1872 and founded by Hosea Paddock. [136] [137] The Naperville Sun is a local newspaper serving Naperville, Illinois. It is published three days a week, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Relatives. Joseph Naper (brother-in-law) John Murray (November 15, 1785 – April 18, 1868) was a laborer, music teacher, soldier, businessman, politician, and city planner, was one of the original founders of Naperville, Illinois, with his children Sarah, Robert Nelson, Ruth, Amos and Cordelia. He was married to Joseph Naper 's sister, Amy Naper.
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 ...
The first written history to address the name, the 1882 History of DuPage County, Illinois, by Rufus Blanchard, relates: [11] The DuPage River had, from time immemorial, been a stream well known. It took its name from a French trader who settled on this stream below the fork previous to 1800. Hon. H. W.