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The 1843 Durant-Peterson House is recognized as Kane County’s own “Little House on the Prairie.” The 1872 Sholes School is one of the few remaining one-room schoolhouses in Kane County.

11/03/2026

Come out and play in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve's new Nature Play Space, just steps away from the historic Durant-Peterson House Museum!

10/29/2026

📣📣📣CALL FOR YOUTH ACTORS!
The historic Sholes School Museum, built in 1872, is looking for youth actors for an old-fashioned Christmas Pageant. Volunteer actors will tell stories, recite poems, and sing Christmas carols as they recreate a traditional holiday program in a one-room schoolhouse.

👱‍♀️ ACTOR DETAILS:
- Ages 9-15
- Four actors for each show. Actors may be in multiple shows.
- Actors will dress in period costume – boys in flannel shirts, jeans, and suspenders, girls in long skirts, white blouses, and shawls (costumes can be provided).

🎄TRYOUTS:
- Saturday, Nov. 14 from 9AM to 11AM at the Sholes School, located in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles.
- Scripts will be provided.

❄️DRESS REHEARSAL:
- Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 3:30PM to 5:30PM at Sholes School.

👏 PERFORMANCES:
- Saturday, Dec. 5 and Sunday, Dec. 6
- 20-minute showtimes will start at 2:30pm, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, and 5:15pm each day

Thank you for considering your involvement in this holiday event.

For questions, please contact Debra Corwin at (630) 377-6424 (M-Th from 9AM to 3PM) or email [email protected].

10/02/2026

🖋Sign up your kids for the "Union army!"

Kids drill begins at 2:30pm.

10/01/2026

🎩What did a Civil War soldier have to carry?

⛺How did a Civil War soldier live?

🍅What did a Civil War soldier eat?

Experience the answers at our Civil War Day, Sunday, October 4!

09/28/2026

The soldiers are coming!

09/20/2026

🍎🍏Heirloom Applefest today, September 20, 1-4pm at Durant House and Sholes School, RAIN OR SHINE!

Taste around a dozen apple varieties from the 1800s you can’t find at the grocery store.

Don’t miss out!

09/18/2026

😋Don't miss the chance to taste apples available to prairie families in the 1800s!

09/16/2026

09/16/2026

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Address

37W700 Dean Street
Saint Charles, IL
60175

Telephone

+16303776424

Website

http://ppfv.org/durant-house-museum, http://ppfv.org/sholes-school

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