Located on the northeast corner of Cook Street and Milwaukee Avenues, the Schanck building housed several businesses in the 1950s: Schanck Hardware store, Thompson's Store for Men, King Loan Company, Anderson's Quality Custom Tailor. The Schanck family was among the first settlers in Libertyville. George Schanck was born in 1837 and in 1870 he established his hardware business at this corner. The building burned in the fire of 1895 but Mr. Schanck rebuilt his business in a double brick building on the same site, pictured here in this photograph.
