Originally standing half way between the towns of Naperville and Aurora - where Westfield Shoppingtown Fox Valley is located today - this brick farmhouse with working windmill, smokehouse and barn represents a typical northern Illinois farm.
Take a peek into a re-created 19th century farm cellar. Farm families would have stored their fall harvest foods such as potatoes, turnips and apples, in a cellar like this one, preserving them for the winter ahead.

 

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