10311 Grand Ave, Franklin Park, IL 60131
Call: 847-455-6016 Text: 847-220-4616 Fax: 847-455-6416
M-Th: 9-9 F-Sat: 9-5 Sun: 1-5
How Our Streets Were Named
- Alcoa -- Alcoa Casting
- Bismark -- German statesman (Otto von Bismark)
- Britta, Davis, Iona, Nerbonne, Nichols -- Salesmen & members of the Lonnquist family
- Calwagner -- Salesman for Lesser Franklin
- Copenhagen -- Predecessor to U.S. Tobacco
- Dodge -- Dr. Harold Dodge
- Dora -- Lesser and Sarah Franklin’s daughter
- Edgington -- Lesser and Sarah Franklin’s son
- Emerson -- American essayist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- Ernst -- Ernst Pflug, pioneer settler
- Franklin -- Lesser Franklin family
- Gage -- Frank Gage (Lesser Franklin’s staff)
- George -- Lesser Franklin’s office boy
- Gustave -- Lesser and Sarah Franklin’s son
- Hirschberg -- One of Franklin’s salesmen
- Ivanhoe -- The literary character
- King -- Peter King (brother of Sarah Franklin, Lesser Franklin’s wife)
- Kirchhoff -- Henry Kirchhoff, pioneer family
- Latoria -- Latoria family
- Lesser -- Lesser Franklin, founder of Franklin Park
- Leyden Court -- Leyden, Holland
- Lincoln -- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- Lonnquist -- Axel Lonnquist, developer
- McNerney -- William McNerney, Franklin Park Village President
- Mannheim -- Mannheim, Germany
- Martens -- Charles Martens, first Village President
- Minneapolis -- Minneapolis, Minnesota (birthplace of G.K. (Gustav) Franklin)
- Pearl -- Lesser and Sarah Franklin’s daughter
- Reeves Court -- Barney Reeves, Franklin Park Village President
- Rose -- Lesser and Sarah Franklin’s daughter
- Ruby -- William Ruby, Lesser Franklin’s staff
- Runge -- Runge Paper
- Sarah -- Lesser Franklin’s wife
- Schierhorn Court -- Christian Schierhorn, pioneer settler
- Schiller -- German poet (Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller)
- Scott -- English poet (Sir Walter Scott)
- Silvercreek Drive -- The Creek
- Washington -- U.S. President George Washington
- Williams -- Jack Williams, Franklin Park Village President
