Events
Past and Upcoming Events
Mid-Century Modern Architecture Exhibit
Naperville's Mid-Century Modern Architecture will be celebrated at North Central College's Schoenherr Gallery from August 22 through December 9, 2022. A self-guided walking tour of campus Mid-Century buildings is available.
Thursday, September 15 at 6:30pm, Blair Kamin (longtime Chicago Architecture critic) and Lindsay E. Shannnon (Associate Professor of Art History) will discuss architecture, equity, and historic preservation. The conversation will be held in NCC's Madden Theatre (171 E Chicago Ave, Naperville).
The Grand Opening Reception was held Saturday, August 27 with free trolley tours of Mid-Century Architecture in Naperville and remarks from North Central College and its partnership organizations for the exhibit (Naper Settlement and Naperville Preservation).
Please read the press announcement for more information on the exhibit.
Summer Jazz Band Concert
2022/08/11: We had a great time hosting the bake sale at the Naperville Municipal Band Concert. Thanks to the Naperville Municipal Band for letting us be part of your 2022 concert season and to our volunteers who baked and dedicated their time at the event.
All Aboard!
2022/06/26: Naperville Preservation organized a tour of Naperville's amazing historic buildings aboard the Naperville Trolley. Our tour guide was the encyclopedic and irrepressible Annette Wehrli.
May was Preservation Month!
2022/05/07: Naperville Preservation organized a tour of Historic Plainfield guided by Michael Bortel, member of the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council.
2022/05/21: Naperville Preservation hosted a Pizza Party at Lou Malnati's (former Naperville Fire Station) with guest speaker retired Assistant Chief Dennis Adamski.
Read the City of Naperville Proclamation.