Sat., Sep. 17, 11am-5pm & Sun., Sep. 18, 12-5pm

921 School Street, Lisle, IL 60532

630-968-0499

Click here to download 2011 Depot Days Brochure!

 

Experience the roots and early history of Lisle at the Museums at Lisle Station Park!
Depot Days features food, entertainment, family fun and more! Enjoy blacksmithing demonstrations, grind corn, sample some old-fashioned homemade apple pie and see for yourself what life was like almost 100 years ago. All ages welcome! 

 

Admission is FREE and this event is designed for the whole family! 

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Popular Attractions!

• Miller’s Petting Zoo
• Tour our historic Depot Museum, Beaubien Tavern and Netzley Yender House
• Visit our working Blacksmith Shop
• Lisle Pioneer Cemetery tours
• Music from Old Town School of Folk Music Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle Library
• Pioneer children’s crafts and games
• Friends of the Lisle Library used book sale
• Automobile Display, 1926 Model T, 1928 Chevrolet and 1930 Ford Model 45B Coupe
• Giant Operating HO gauge model railroad
• 2-1/2 HP Gas Engine & Bicycle Generator
• Summer Kitchen, enjoy homemade pie and corn bread
• Hayrides Sponsored by the Lisle Park District
• Exhibit on the history of Lisle Dairy

 

 

Depot Days

Schedule of Events

Saturday Activities by the Hour

10:15am - Caboose Club

11am -  Grounds, exhibits and buildings open

11am–4pm - Hourly firing of Civil War-style Canon by Taylor’s Battery

11am–5pm Hayrides, HO train exhibit running, Petting Zoo Open, Used Book Sale, Historic Building Tours, Food by Wheatstack - A Midwestern Eatery & Tap

12:30pm - Pioneer Children’s Games, Sponsored by the Lisle Park District, Seed Spitting Contest

1:30pm - Pie Eating Contest, Tug-of-War & Other games by the Lisle Park District

1pm–3pm - Old Town School of Folk Music, Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle
Library

2:15pm - Children’s Story Hour presented by the Lisle Library

3pm - Lisle Pioneer Cemetery Walking Tour

5pm - Grounds Close

  

Sunday Activities by the Hour
12pm - Grounds, exhibits and buildings open

12pm–5pm Hayrides, HO train exhibit running, Petting Zoo Open, Used Book Sale,
Historic Building Tours, Food by Wheatstack - A Midwestern Eatery & Tap

1pm–3pm Old Town School of Folk Music Sponsored by Friends of the Lisle
Library

2pm - Pioneer Children’s Games

3pm - Lisle Pioneer Cemetery Walking Tour

5pm - Grounds Close

Pioneer Craft Demonstrations & Attractions

• Basket Weaving
• Bee Keeper
• Corn Grinding
• Fabric Dyeing with Natural Plants
• Historic Faux Painting (Saturday)
• Hit and Miss Gas Engine
• Home Spun Yarns
• Lace Making
• Leather Craft
• Make Your Own Rag Doll (Sunday)
• Mini Baler
• Ottawa Log Saw
• Quilting
• Rope Making
• Rug Hooking
• Weaving
• Woodcarving

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