Müller House

Coordinates: 42°5′14.60″N 87°59′2.80″W / 42.0873889°N 87.9841111°W / 42.0873889; -87.9841111
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Müller House
Müller House is located in Illinois
Müller House
LocationArlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°5′14.60″N 87°59′2.80″W / 42.0873889°N 87.9841111°W / 42.0873889; -87.9841111
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.79000819[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1979

The Müller House is a historic house located at 500 North Vail Avenue in Arlington Heights, Illinois. F.W. Müller built the house for his family and their soda water business in 1882. The Müller business was one of the first commercial establishments in Arlington Heights and was part of the city's early transition from a rural settlement to a large suburb of Chicago. The house is also an uncommon blend of architectural styles; while it features a Greek Revival cornice with scrolled brackets and a symmetrical front facade, the style is not seen elsewhere in the house, which otherwise has a Victorian design. The design also combines the functional necessities of the factory with the decorative features of a middle-class home; prominent among the latter is the house's woodwork, which includes a carved oak staircase.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1979.[1] It is now part of the Arlington Heights Historical Museum.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Pomerance, Philip Lindsay (July 13, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Müller House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.

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