The story
Founded 1910 by Edward Busse; thirteen drivers delivered bottled milk northwest of Chicago and into the city under the slogan 'Milk Bottled in the Country.' Building demolished 1986.
Everything that was here
- 1910–present
Mount Prospect CreameryOther
The dairy plant that made Mount Prospect a milk town.
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Nearby history
Mrs. P & Me
100 E Prospect Ave · 226 m away
1891 Financial Life/National Catholic Society of Foresters
320 S. School Street · 235 m away
Mount Prospect Police & Fire Headquarters (Public Safety Building)
112 E Northwest Hwy · 257 m away
A 1991 public-safety building that lasted barely three decades.
Edward Busse Building
100 E Northwest Hwy · 269 m away
Nearly a century of Busse-family ownership ended with a $1.7 million sale and a bulldozer.
St. Paul Lutheran Church (1913 building)
100 S Elm St · 298 m away
The English-language Lutheran church that marked Mount Prospect's turn from farm to town.
Central School (1896)
101 S Maple St · 311 m away
The one-room school where the church, the fire department, the women's club and the library were all born.
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