In my digging in the house, I also found some of my great-grandmas letters/post cards. One did have the 128 address - perhaps others I have seen had it as well and I just never noticed. I also found a few that were sent without a street address at all or just reference the 2 streets the house sits on. In an age where a character in a web address can mean the difference between finding the site you want or not, it is hard to think of a time (especially in this town) where your name would be enough.One more thing - here is the "Bird's eye view of Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois 1869". It does show a house at our corner, but the style of the house is very different from ours.
Given this is a "bird's eye view" - does this mean that our house was built pre-1869? Or was there another house here before us? More research!

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Great finds! You need to be on that "If Walls Could Talk" show on HGTV. :-)
Anyway, I'm really enjoying all your discoveries - thanks for sharing!
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