The story
First dedicated building opened July 1950 at Busse and Emerson (expanded 1962, second floor 1970); replaced by a 45,500 sq ft building opened December 1976 at Central and Emerson; replaced again by the 101,290 sq ft building opened September 2004.
Everything that was here
- 1950–present · still open
Mount Prospect Public LibraryGovernment
Three library buildings on one Emerson Street block since 1950.
See the map in 1951 →
Nearby history
Station 34
34 S Main St · 120 m away
Central Continental Bakery
101 South Main Street · 141 m away
Mount Prospect Public House
18 W Busse Ave · 157 m away
The Ye Olde Town Inn space came back to life in 2024 as a 5,000-square-foot gastropub and event venue.
Prospect Theater
118 S Main St · 161 m away
Mount Prospect's first real movie house, 450 seats beside the truck traffic of Route 83.
Wille Coal and Lumber / Wille Hardware
Wille St & Northwest Hwy · 214 m away
The lumber yard that built suburban Mount Prospect.
Moehling General Store
3 E Northwest Hwy · 239 m away
General store, post office and railroad office rolled into one.
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