Editing DuPage County, Illinois (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Architecture===
The 31-story Oakbrook Terrace Tower in [[Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois|Oakbrook Terrace]], designed by [[Helmut Jahn]], is the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=126138|title=Oakbrook Terrace Tower, Oakbrook Terrace - 126138 - EMPORIS|first=Emporis|last=GmbH|website=[[Emporis]]|access-date=May 8, 2018|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930115345/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=126138|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> The Elmhurst Art Museum is housed in a [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe|Mies Van Der Rohe]] building. There is a [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] house in [[Elmhurst, Illinois|Elmhurst]]. [[Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha]], a conservative [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[sect]], has built [[BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chicago]], a large, intricately carved, marble temple in [[Bartlett, Illinois|Bartlett]]. There are some [[Sears Catalog Home]]s in [[Downers Grove, Illinois|Downers Grove]] and [[Villa Park, Illinois|Villa Park]]. The [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine-style]] clubhouse of the [[Medinah Country Club]] is also an architectural highlight of the county. [[Lombard, Illinois|Lombard]] is home to over thirty [[Lustron house|Lustron]] prefabricated steel homes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piranhagraphix.com/Lustron/Lombard_Lustrons/lombard_lustrons.htm|publisher=Scott Vargo|title=Lombard Lustrons|access-date=October 27, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022133725/http://piranhagraphix.com/Lustron/Lombard_Lustrons/lombard_lustrons.htm|archive-date=October 22, 2007}}</ref>

===Museums and historical sites===
{{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in DuPage County, Illinois}}
[[File:Graue Mill - Oak Brook, IL.jpg|thumb|right|[[Graue Mill]]]]

Historical museums in DuPage County include:
* [[Cantigny Park]] and First Division Museum, on the former estate of ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' magnate [[Robert R. McCormick]] ([[Wheaton, Illinois|Wheaton]])
* Downers Grove Museum ([[Downers Grove, Illinois|Downers Grove]])
* [[DuPage County Historical Museum]], formerly the Adams Memorial Library ([[Wheaton, Illinois|Wheaton]])
* [[Graue Mill]] ([[Oak Brook, Illinois|Oak Brook]])
* [[William L. Gregg House|Gregg House Museum]] ([[Westmont, Illinois|Westmont]])
* Itasca Historical Depot Museum ([[Itasca, Illinois|Itasca]])
* [[Kline Creek Farm]] (West Chicago)
* [[Mayslake Peabody Estate]] ([[Oak Brook, Illinois|Oak Brook]])
* The Museums at Lisle Station Park ([[Lisle, Illinois|Lisle]])
* [[Naper Settlement]] ([[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]])
* [[Villa Avenue station|Villa Park Historical Society Museum]] ([[Villa Park]])
* [[West Chicago City Museum]] ([[West Chicago, Illinois|West Chicago]])

Specialty museums in DuPage County include:
* [[Cleve Carney Museum of Art]] ([[Glen Ellyn, Illinois|Glen Ellyn]])
* DuPage Children's Museum ([[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]])
* Elmhurst Art Museum, which includes [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe|Mies Van Der Rohe's]] McCormick House<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/mccormick-house.html|title=About the McCormick House|publisher=Elmhurst Art Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000244/http://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/mccormick-house.html|archive-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=October 3, 2013}}</ref> ([[Elmhurst, Illinois|Elmhurst]])
* [[Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art]] ([[Oak Brook, Illinois|Oak Brook]])
* [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] ([[Wheaton, Illinois|Wheaton]])
** [[Billy Graham Center]]
** [[Marion E. Wade Center]]

[[File:Naper's General Store, 216-218 Main Street, Naperville, IL.jpg|thumb|upright|Joe Naper's General Store in Naperville]]
Historical sites include:
* [[Downtown Hinsdale Historic District]]
* [[DuPage County Courthouse]] ([[Wheaton, Illinois|Wheaton]])<ref>{{NRISref|2010a|dateform=mdy |access-date=August 18, 2020|refnum=78003107|name=Du Page County Courthouse}}</ref>
* [[Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District]]
* Joe Naper's General Store ([[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napersettlement.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/333|title=Layout 1|website=Naper Settlement|access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Naperville Historic District]]
* [[Old Nichols Library]] ([[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naperville.il.us/about-naperville/historic-district/|title=Historic District {{!}} The City of Naperville|website=www.naperville.il.us|language=en|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
* Pioneer Park, monument to the pioneer men and women of DuPage County and site of Bailey Hobson's mill ([[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2011/08/pioneers-of-pioneer-park.html|title=A Brief History: The Pioneers of Pioneer Park|date=August 22, 2011|website=A Brief History|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Stacy's Tavern]] ([[Glen Ellyn, Illinois|Glen Ellyn]])
* [[Wayne Village Historic District]]

===Music and theater===
DuPage also plays host to a rich local music scene. Some of the better-known bands to come out of the area include [[The Hush Sound]], [[Lucky Boys Confusion]], and [[Plain White T's]].

[[Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois|Oakbrook Terrace's]] [[Drury Lane Theatre (Illinois)|Drury Lane Theatre]] is an important live [[theatre]] in DuPage County. The [[Tivoli Theatre (Downers Grove, Illinois)|Tivoli Theatre]], one of the first theatres in the United States to be equipped with sound, is still in use in Downers Grove.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Max |last1=Grinnell |chapter-url=
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/851.html |chapter=Going to the Movies |title=The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago|access-date=October 24, 2023|date=2005|publisher=[[Chicago History Museum|Chicago Historical Society]]}}</ref> In addition to showing movies, the Tivoli is home to several local performing arts groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classiccinemas.com/history/tivoli.asp|title=Theatre History: Tivoli Theatre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402132749/http://www.classiccinemas.com/history/tivoli.asp |archive-date=April 2, 2008|access-date=October 24, 2023|publisher=[[Classic Cinemas]]}}</ref> The [[McAninch Arts Center]] located on the Glen Ellyn campus of the College of DuPage also presents a variety of music, dance, theater and comedy year round both on its three indoor stages and its outdoor Lakeside Pavilion.