Charles G. Smith Building

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Charles G. Smith Building, Smith, Cutler & Co. Burnhams & Van Schaack
Life Span: 1864-1871
Location: Northwest corner Randolph street and Michigan avenue
Architect: Unknown

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1866

Smith, Cutler & Co.

John C. W. Bailey’s Chicago City Directory for 1867

Smith, Cutler & Co.

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870
Burnhams & Van Schaack (Edwin and Edwin R. Burnham, and Peter Van Schaack), whol druggists, 1 and 3 Randolph

Chicago Tribune, April 13, 1864

A CARD.—Having retired from the firm of Burnham & Smith, I shall immediately resume the Wholesale Drug Business in all its branches.

My place of business for the present (until the completion of a new and spacious building on the corner of Michigan avenue and Randolph street, which will be completed by the first of August next) will be No. 245 South Water Street. A long and intimate acquaintance with the business in all its details, and large facilities for conducting the same. and a determination to do business in a prompt and energetic manner, will, I trust, enable to retain the confidence and patronage which he been so generously extended to me during my connection with the firms of Sears & Smith, Sears, Smith & Co., Burnham & Smith.

It is my intention to deal in the purest and best goods, and the arrangements already made and to be made with manufacturers and dealers in the drug line are such as will enable me to offer inducements to the closest and heaviest buyers.

All orders will receive prompt personal attention, and will be dispatched with as little delay as possible.

My stock will not be completed so that I can do full justice to orders until the first of May, at which time I expect to have a complete assortment of fresh new goods, and shall be pleased to see old friends and new customers.

CHARLES G. SMITH.
Chicago, April 7, 1864.

Chicago Tribune, January 11, 1865

WHOLESALE DRUGS—REMOVAL.—Prominent among the many new business blocks erected daring the past gear in our city, is one covering lots one and three, Randolph street corner of Michigan Avenue, a large commodious structure, six stories in height, with liberal appropriations of vault room under the sidewalks, built for Charles G. Smith, the well-known Wholesale Druggist, and within the past few days filled by him from cellar to roof with one of the most exteneive and complete stocks ever offered to the trade: comprising everything, substantial, aolid and fanciful, ever called for by the apothecary, and all of the very best brand. The new building has been erected and fitted with reference to the requirements of the trade, giving separate storage and proper preservation to each one of the vast array of goods, and admitting of their speedy selection and carefal packing in the filling of bills.

Mr. Smith is well and extensively known as one of our leading buriness men in the West. He has made Chicago his home since 1849, and has been largely engaged in his present business since 1854, having in the last ten years taken a large share of the Western trade, and given universal satisfaction; selecting none but first class goods, it is his ambition to supply them in such condition as shall not detract from their usefulness; we notice especially his large stock of fine chemicals and fancy goods. With his now added facilities, we doubt not that his already widely extended circle of business will be largely increased and their numbers maltiplied.

Armour Building

Chicago Tribune, July 3, 1868

The public will be glad to know that Messrs. Griggs & Co. have established a depot in this city for Dr. Griggs’ Aromatic Bitters. Their manufactory is at Detroit, Mich. They are highly palatable and scientific bitters, and are recommended by the medical facility wherever known. Burnham & Van Schaack, Wholesale Druggists, 1 and 3 Randolph street, are the wholesale agents. Sold by all druggists.

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