The story
The clock tower replaced the hardware store after the mid-1990s Town Square redevelopment; Veterans Gateway Park with a commemorative brick program sits at its base.
Everything that was here
- Date unknown · still open
Town Square Clock Tower / Veterans Gateway ParkOther
A clock tower marks the spot of two fires and a hardware store.
- 1960–1996
Tri-City Ace HardwareRetail Store
A hardware store in a frame building built by Schaumburg's first mayor.
See the map in 1961 → - 1882–1924
J. Fenz & Son Store (Schaumburg House rebuilt)Retail Store
General store, post office, polling place and dance hall in one building for 37 years.
See the map in 1883 → - until 1881
Schaumburg House (Rohlwing general store)Retail Store
The crossroads store that burned with its barn, wagon shop and smithy in one September night.
See the map in 1881 →
Nearby history
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
1 South Roselle Road · 0 m away
Deep dish in an 1870s crossroads inn.
1863 Brick Church
202 East Schaumburg Road · 447 m away
A Civil War-era brick church with a 127-foot steeple.
Volkening Family Farm
201 South Plum Grove Road · 1.9 km away
A German immigrant homestead from the late 1800s.
Royal Buffet
31 Golf Center · 2.2 km away
A hibachi buffet inside an old movie house.
Legoland Discovery Center
601 North Martingale Road · 4.1 km away
The first Legoland Discovery Center in the United States.
Woodfield Mall
5 Woodfield Mall · 4.1 km away
The largest mall in America on opening day, built on 191 acres of prairie farmland by a joint venture of Sears and A. Al
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