Wheeling, IL

Wheeling on When It Was is 6 addresses and the 12 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1920. 4 are still open today; 8 are gone, and 1 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.

Start here

Wheeling, decade by decade

• 1920s
  4 opened — Alexander's Hartman House, Columbian Gardens / Wheeling Golf and Country Club, Palwaukee Airport, Gauthier's Flying Field / Swallow Airplane FieldSee the map in 1925 →
• 1930s
  1 opened — Bon-Air Cafe and Country ClubSee the map in 1935 →
• 1940s
  2 opened — Chevy Chase Country Club, Bon-Air (William Johnson Era)See the map in 1945 →
• 1960s
  1 opened — Don Roth's BlackhawkSee the map in 1965 →
• 1970s
  1 opened — Le FrancaisSee the map in 1975 →
• 1980s
  1 opened — Bob Chinn's Crab HouseSee the map in 1985 →
• 2000s
  1 opened — Chicago Executive AirportSee the map in 2005 →
• 2010s
  1 opened — Superdawg Drive-In (Wheeling)See the map in 2015 →

Still here, and gone

By kind of place

Airport (3)

Chicago Executive Airport · Palwaukee Airport · Gauthier's Flying Field / Swallow Airplane Field

country club, golf (2)

Chevy Chase Country Club · Columbian Gardens / Wheeling Golf and Country Club

restaurant (1)

Bob Chinn's Crab House

restaurant, speakeasy (1)

Alexander's Hartman House

nightclub, gambling (1)

Bon-Air (William Johnson Era)

nightclub, gambling, speakeasy (1)

Bon-Air Cafe and Country Club

Steakhouse (1)

Don Roth's Blackhawk

French Fine Dining (1)

Le Francais

Every place in Wheeling (6)

• Bob Chinn's Crab House 393 S Milwaukee Avenue · 1982–present · 2 businesses
• Chevy Chase Country Club 1000 N Milwaukee Avenue · 1949–present · 4 businesses
• Chicago Executive Airport 1020 S Plant Road · 2006–present · 3 businesses
• Don Roth's Blackhawk 61 N. Milwaukee Ave. · 1969–2009
• Le Francais 269 S Milwaukee Ave · 1973–2007
• Superdawg Drive-In (Wheeling) 333 S. Milwaukee Ave. · 2010–present