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Mount Prospect Businesses

This section holds information on a small number of influential local businesses. We do not intend to imply that these businesses were the most important in Mount Prospect’s history, that we are endorsing the products, services, or views of these organizations, or that this list is a complete listing of businesses that have been important in Mount Prospect.

A – G
1891 Financial Life/National Catholic Society of Foresters
Arlington Beverage Company
Baldini’s Barber Shop
Boston Coffee
Busse Buick
Busse Flowers
Capannari’s Ice Cream
Central Continental Bakery
Century Tile
Crowfoot Manufacturing
Friedrichs Funeral Home
Goldblatts Department Store
Golden Isle Restaurant

H – M
Haberkamp’s Flowers
Hapsburg Inn
Hearth & Home
Hotter than Mother’s Music
Jack Gunnell’s Restaurant
Keefer’s Pharmacy
Kellen’s Greenhouse
Kruse’s Tavern
Meeske’s Market
Mell and Paul’s Drive-In
Milburn Brother’s Paving
Moehling General Store
Mount Prospect Country Club
Mount Prospect Creamery
Mount Prospect Development Association
Mount Prospect Plaza
Mount Prospect State Bank
Mount Prospect Village Hall
Myrt and Bill’s Drive-In

N – Z
Paddock Publications
Photo’s Hot Dogs
Randhurst Shopping Mall
Randhurst Twin Ice Arena
Redwood Restaurant
H. Roy Berry Company
Sam’s Place
Sammy Skobel’s Hot Dogs Plus
Van Driel’s Medical-Surgical Supplies
Wille Cheese Factory
Wille Coal and Lumber
Wille’s Tavern
Zenith Radio Station

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Mount Prospect Historical Society
101 South Maple Street
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
847.392.9006
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The Mount Prospect Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is committed to preserving the history of Mount Prospect, IL, through artifacts, photographs and both oral and written memories of current and former residents and businesspeople.  On its campus in the heart of the Village, the Society maintains the 1906 Dietrich Friedrichs house museum, the ADA-accessible Dolores Haugh Education Center and the 1896 one-room Central School, which was moved to the museum campus in 2008, renovated and opened to the public in 2017, the 100-year anniversary of the Village.

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