Pre-Emption House Naperville IL
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- Created Date
- 1834
- Description
The old Pre-Emption House in Naperville. It was built in 1834 by Geo. Laid who later sold it to John Stevens. This is no doubt the only tavern building in the state that has always been operated under the same name, and now in 1935 it is a tavern by that name. The frame is of hewn oak and nearly all the sawed timber is of black walnut, all hewn and sawed at Naperville. It was the most extensively known tavern in Northern IL and was known for its ...
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- Plainfield Public Library
- Collection
- Plainfield Public Library District
- Type
- image
- Rights
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- Chicago citation style
- Pre-Emption House Naperville IL. 1834. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/ppld01/id/1092. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1834) Pre-Emption House Naperville IL. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/ppld01/id/1092
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/ppld01/id/1092>.