page_title: DuPage County, Illinois
section_title: Museums and historical sites
hierarchical_section_title: DuPage County, Illinois / Arts and culture / Museums and historical sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Naper's General Store (1847-1849) - This building at 216-218 Main Street, Naperville, IL, was designed and built by Joseph Naper, the city's founder. It has served as a store ever since. It is the only building remaining of Naper's many commercial enterprises. The Masonic Lodge was housed on the third floor. The building was used for public meetings for many years.
context_page_description: DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 916,924, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton. DuPage County has become mostly developed and suburbanized, although some pockets of farmland remain in the county's western and northern parts. The county has a high socioeconomic profile and residents of Hinsdale, Naperville and Oak Brook include some of the wealthiest people in the Midwest. On the whole, the county enjoys above average median household income levels and low overall poverty levels when compared to the national average. In 2018, Niche ranked two DuPage municipalities amongst the top 20 best places to live in America.
context_section_description: Historical museums in DuPage County include:
  Cantigny Park and First Division Museum, on the former estate of Chicago Tribune magnate Robert R. McCormick (Wheaton)
  Downers Grove Museum (Downers Grove)
  DuPage County Historical Museum, formerly the Adams Memorial Library (Wheaton)
  Graue Mill (Oak Brook)
  Gregg House Museum (Westmont)
  Itasca Historical Depot Museum (Itasca)
  Kline Creek Farm (West Chicago)
  Mayslake Peabody Estate (Oak Brook)
  The Museums at Lisle Station Park (Lisle)
  Naper Settlement (Naperville)
  Villa Park Historical Society Museum (Villa Park)
  West Chicago's City Museum (West Chicago)
  Specialty museums in DuPage County include:
  DuPage Children's Museum (Naperville)
  Elmhurst Art Museum, which includes Mies Van Der Rohe's McCormick House (Elmhurst)
  Wheaton College (Wheaton)
  Billy Graham Center
  Marion E. Wade Center
  Historical sites include:
  Downtown Hinsdale Historic District
  DuPage County Courthouse (Wheaton)
  Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District
  Joe Naper's General Store (Naperville)
  Naperville Historic District
  Old Nichols Library (Naperville)
  Pioneer Park, monument to white settlers of DuPage County and site of Bailey Hobson's mill (Naperville)
  Stacy's Tavern (Glen Ellyn)
  Wayne Village Historic District
caption: Joe Naper's General Store in Naperville
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