Warrenville Illinois Community - A Historic Overview - DuPage County - Chicago West
The City of Warrenville has many great things to offer, including reasonable home prices and property taxes (relative to other area towns), access to the scenic Prairie Path trail, wonderful diversity, proximity to major highways and wide range of shopping and dining choices, both in town and in nearby Naperville and Wheaton. Warrenville sits in a beautiful, wooded setting, filled with parks, lakes and streams. The Ferry Creek Wetland area at Summerlakes Park is an amazing six-acre plot, devoted to water conservation and wildlife.
The Park Districts within Warrenville are affiliated with the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA) to offer opportunities to residents with physical or developmental disabilities. They provide assistance and organize trips and special events (including Special Olympics programs) for preschool students to seniors. The WSDRA is also a two-time winner of the National Gold Medal Award. -Click Article Title to View Rest of Story-.
Incredible Fine Art is found in public areas, all over Warrenville, from bronze sculptures to silk tapestries, to stained glass and oil paintings by well-known international and local artists. A range of entertainment options may be found in town, including the 30-screen theater on Diehl Road, Acorn Community Theater and Folk-Lore performing arts center, offering music lessons and concerts for new and veteran folk musicians. www.Folk-Lorecenter.com. Talented oil-painters, Adam and son Ivan Albright created work featuring Warrenville scenes. Adam was famous for his impressionistic paintings, Ivan was known for painting young children in outdoor play. He became known for his "magic realism" style of painting and most of the children depicted in his art were his own or residents in town. In 1997, Chicago's Art Institute opened a major show for the work of Ivan Albright (celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ivan's birth date). Visit the City Hall in Warrenville, to see Ivan's most best known piece, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" or stp by the Albright Studio at 3S530 Second Street Historical Society. Next door to the studio is the historic Warren Tavern, (1838) originally a hotel, built by the founder of Warrenville, Colonel Julius Morton Warren.
The Warren Tavern Museum was built in 1838 as a hotel and dance hall (moved from its original location and now sits one block northwest of Warrenville and Winfield Roads). The Founder of Warrenville, “Colonel” Julius Morton Warren, built this historic landmark of DuPage County. The building may be rented for smaller functions such as family parties, craft events and community lectures. Approximately 15 Warrenville homes in the city have been awarded a special historic bronze plaque. Each was built in 1866 or earlier and each has been deemed a well-preserved icon of the city's past. There are countless reasons to move to or visit Warrenville, Illinois, too many to mention here!
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