The story
Chartered 1912, dedicated 1913 at Elm and Busse; later demolished by the congregation for a new church, leaving the corner a school yard.
Everything that was here
- 1913–present
St. Paul Lutheran Church (1913 building)Church
The English-language Lutheran church that marked Mount Prospect's turn from farm to town.
See the map in 1914 → - 1913–present · still open
St. Paul Lutheran SchoolSchool
A one-teacher school where Martin Hasz taught for more than fifty years.
See the map in 1914 →
Nearby history
Central School (1896)
101 S Maple St · 82 m away
The one-room school where the church, the fire department, the women's club and the library were all born.
Mount Prospect Police & Fire Headquarters (Public Safety Building)
112 E Northwest Hwy · 247 m away
A 1991 public-safety building that lasted barely three decades.
Edward Busse Building
100 E Northwest Hwy · 252 m away
Nearly a century of Busse-family ownership ended with a $1.7 million sale and a bulldozer.
Mount Prospect Creamery
302 E Northwest Hwy · 298 m away
The dairy plant that made Mount Prospect a milk town.
Mount Prospect Public Library
10 S Emerson St · 311 m away
Three library buildings on one Emerson Street block since 1950.
Central Continental Bakery
101 South Main Street · 312 m away
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