Durant House and Sholes School

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Durant House and Sholes School Schedule a school tour today!

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.

🖋Sign up your kids for the "Union army!"Kids drill begins at 2:30pm.
10/02/2026

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

Kids drill begins at 2:30pm.

🎩What did a Civil War soldier have to carry?⛺How did a Civil War soldier live?🍅What did a Civil War soldier eat?Experien...
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!

The soldiers are coming!
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!

😋Don't miss the chance to taste apples available to prairie families in the 1800s!
09/18/2026

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

09/16/2026
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09/16/2026

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Learn all about (AND TASTE!) apples popular during the 19th century at one of our biggest events of the year! Suggested ...
09/13/2026

Learn all about (AND TASTE!) apples popular during the 19th century at one of our biggest events of the year!

Suggested donations are $3 for adults and $1 kids.

🍎🍏It's apple season!Taste apple varieties from the past you cannot find in your local grocery store.
09/07/2026

🍎🍏It's apple season!

Taste apple varieties from the past you cannot find in your local grocery store.

RED SCHOOL HOUSEGRAND OPENING CELEBRATION!Sunday, August 30, 12-3PM48W445 Hinckley Road, Big RockCelebrate the opening o...
08/24/2026

RED SCHOOL HOUSE

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION!
Sunday, August 30, 12-3PM
48W445 Hinckley Road, Big Rock

Celebrate the opening of the restored red one-room schoolhouse in Big Rock. There will be tours of the house, kids games, face painting, bake sale, book sale, 50/50 raffle, and music.

Congratulations to the Big Rock Historic Society!

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37W700 Dean Street
Saint Charles, IL
60175

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