The story
August Sass sold the building to James Reese in 1918, who operated a furniture store there. It later became a pool hall.
Everything that was here
- 1918–present
James Reese Furniture StoreRetail Store
Groceries gave way to furniture in 1918.
See the map in 1919 → - Date unknown
Pool hallTavern
Between furniture and bars, the corner was a pool hall.
- Date unknown · still open
Cortland's GarageRestaurant
The current tenant of the 1890s Redeker corner.
- 1897–1913
Redeker General StoreRetail Store
The village's corner general store of the 1890s.
See the map in 1898 →
Nearby history
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W Campbell St · 47 m away
A 329-seat downtown theater and performing arts school since 2000.
Vail-Davis Building
25 W Davis St · 54 m away
Shops below, 16 apartments above, and a Depression-era loss for its builder.
Christian Volz Furniture Store and Funeral Parlor
17 E Campbell St · 111 m away
Furniture by day, funerals as needed, since 1870.
Arlington Heights Metra Station
45 W Northwest Hwy · 143 m away
Rebuilt in 2000, still the anchor of downtown.
Eleven-story apartment building
115 N Evergreen Ave · 221 m away
The tallest thing on the block replaced a movie palace.
CMX Arlington Heights
53 S Evergreen Ave · 232 m away
The last operator of the downtown multiplex.
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