This beautiful winter scene from the early 1900s captures Paw Paw Post Office as it looked when it was located at the northeast corner of Webster Street and Jefferson Avenue in downtown Naperville. It’s now located on the campus of Naper Settlement, moved there in 1977. According to the Naper Settlement website, the post office was actually the family home and store of carpenter and merchant Alexander H. Howard, which in addition to serving as the place where residents could pick up their mail was also a stop on the stagecoach route that ran through DuPage County and “a general meeting place for friends and fellow citizens to exchange news and gossip.” (Naperville Heritage Society)
The Way We Were: Snowy winter day in Naperville in the 1900s
