The story
German immigrant Christian Volz opened the store in 1870, three years after settling in Dunton. He made furniture from local walnut, served as an early village trustee, and built the staircase in the Müller House.
Everything that was here
- 1870–present
Christian Volz Furniture Store and Funeral ParlorRetail Store
Furniture by day, funerals as needed, since 1870.
See the map in 1871 → - Date unknown · still open
School of RockOther
A music school in the old undertaker's storefront.
Nearby history
James Reese Furniture Store
1 N Vail Ave · 111 m away
Groceries gave way to furniture in 1918.
Vail-Davis Building
25 W Davis St · 131 m away
Shops below, 16 apartments above, and a Depression-era loss for its builder.
CMX Arlington Heights
53 S Evergreen Ave · 132 m away
The last operator of the downtown multiplex.
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
111 W Campbell St · 147 m away
A 329-seat downtown theater and performing arts school since 2000.
Eleven-story apartment building
115 N Evergreen Ave · 160 m away
The tallest thing on the block replaced a movie palace.
Arlington Heights Metra Station
45 W Northwest Hwy · 187 m away
Rebuilt in 2000, still the anchor of downtown.
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