Villa Park Historical Society — Attraction in Villa Park

Lived in the village all my life, finally got a chance to take a browse through our Historical Society and I found it very informative. Thought I knew a lot about the village's history, come to find out I didn't know as much as I thought I did, or what I was told was completely wrong...... in any case nice place to look around very cool, when we cleared out my parents house a lot of the village memorabilia we found went to this historical society....how much they actually used of it I'm not sure. Check it out if you want a good look at yesteryears, and where your Ovaltine...

The museum is a train station built in 1929 and was part of the rail way Chicago Aurora, and Elgin railroad it is on the national register of historical places. Fun fact the first Ovaltine factory in the United States was in Villa Park ( now an apartment building. ) and the idea of the superhero...

I love going on this part of the Illinois Prairie Path.. It's very easy to ride your bike on. Very pretty and Play Parks, Water and Port-a-potties are available. That makes this bike path exceptional....and this History of Villa Park is very interesting with a little second hand gift ship too!!!...