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Article: Downtown Naperville / A Look Back: Pre-Emption House site has come full circle
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2003
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A statue of Genevieve Towsley sits on the corner of Chicago and Washington Streets in downtown Naperville. Towsley's documentation of downtown Naperville is being updated in a weekly column by the Downtown Naperville Alliance.
Editors Note: The following is the first in a series of articles reflecting on and updating Genevieve Towsley's stories on historical downtown Naperville. Towsley was a Naperville Sun writer who compiled information on the downtown in the 1950s. The Downtown Naperville Alliance, a division of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Naperville Sun and Naper Settlement, have updated some of Towsley's work and will present a column appearing each ...
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Article: Downtown Naperville / A Look Back: Chicago Avenue ...
Naperville Sun, The (IL);
April 30, 2003 ;
664 words
... ... to the north, the business center shifted to Jefferson Avenue, and Water Street drew the "horsey crowd" from the Pre-Emption House barn, just across the street. Today, as you stroll down West Chicago Avenue, you see shops, taverns and restaurants ...
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