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4 unusual facts about DuPage County


Dispensa's Castle of Toys

Dispensa's Castle of Toys was a toy store near the Oakbrook Center shopping center, in DuPage County, Illinois.

DuPage County, Illinois

The 31-story Oakbrook Terrace Tower in Oakbrook Terrace, designed by Helmut Jahn, is the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago.

Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a conservative Hindu sect, has built BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chicago, a large, intricately carved, marble temple in Bartlett.

Ice Miller

The firm has offices in Indianapolis; Chicago, Illinois; DuPage County, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; and Washington, D.C. The firm has 315 lawyers who provide legal advice to clients worldwide.


Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards

The awards have been restricted to teachers in Cook County in Illinois, but beginning in 2008, the honor will be extended to DuPage County as well.

National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago

The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Historic District extends through Cook County west of Chicago, DuPage County and Will County to Lockport.

Prentice Marshall

In 1959, Marshall, then a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for state's attorney in DuPage County, a Republican stronghold.


see also

Ellyn

Glen Ellyn, Illinois, affluent village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States

WRSE

WRSE strives to entertain and inform the Elmhurst College community, plus eastern and central DuPage County, with student-run non-commercial music and talk programs.