Building Name(s): 167-169 Lake street
Life Span: 1860-1871
Address: 167-169 Lake Street between La Salle and Wells
Block and Subdivision: 19, Original Town
Architect:
- D. B. Cooke & Co.’s City Directory for the Year 1859
Wheeler & Wilson’s Sewing Machines, George R. Chittenden, agt, 167 and 169 Lake (See adv. front cover.)
Halpin & Bailey’s City Directory for the Year 1863
Ross W. M. & Co., (William M. and John H. Ross,) dry goods, 167 and 169 Lake
Chicago Tribune, August 8, 1859
SEWING MACHINES—Geo. R. Chittenden. Sold.-A. W. Harris, agent for Singer, determined to out do Chittenden, agent for Wheeler & Wilson in his advertisement of “Immense Business, of July 4th, said notice (by Chittenden’s code) demonstrating the superiority of Singer’s Machines over Wheeler & Wilson’s, and it appears by the papers that the object is accomplish—and the “sell” has taken; Chittenden manifests great concern (disinterested, of course.) lest the public should be misled by such publications, (kind, this, in him.) and expresses a desire that they (the dear public) should have more information. But what about the premiums awarded by the Wisconsin State Fair last fall, claimed by Chittenden? Did the Wheeler & Wilson Co. receive it for a Family Machine, or was it awarded to another? Ask Chittenden—he’ll know. Or if it is so long since that he has forgotten, perhaps Mr. Leonard may freshen his memory on this subjeet, as he has it in his possession.
Messrs. Farrar & Wheeler, at No. 155 State rebuilt the Wheeler & Wilson Building in 1873.
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