The Century Memorial Chapel was built in 1864 by the congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church in the Gothic Revival style, a design movement inspired by medieval European architecture. The congregation worshipped in the building until the late 1960s. #BuildingSpotlight
Our Blacksmith Shop recreates German immigrant John F. Strohecker’s Naperville business. He operated his own Naperville shop in the 1870s-1880s.
Our Blacksmith Shop is a recreation of a late 19th-century Naperville blacksmith shop located on Main and Jackson Streets.
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In 19th century Naperville, the Print Shop was the hub for news, gossip, and everything in between! Print shops in small communities like Naperville published the local newspaper and produced everything a customer might need on paper. #BuildingSpotlight
Our Copenhagen Schoolhouse shows how children in rural Naperville went to school in one-room schoolhouses! Their coursework stressed memorization of facts and focused on the basics: reading, writing, and arithmetic (known as the “Three Rs”). #BuildingSpotlight
