Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
One of 621 National Register listings published here for Cook County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
This property stands in Wheeling Township. History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Wheeling Township - 68,433 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Muller House: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Prospect City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Palatine City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rolling Meadows Dept of Public Work | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington Heights, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington Heights | - | A tree fell onto power lines along S Vail Ave in Arlington Heights. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington Heights | - | Tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington Heights | - | A photo was shared of a six inch diameter tree limb that was snapped. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington Heights | - | Mature trees were blown down in Arlington Heights. Numerous tree limbs were also blown down, some blocking roads. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington Heights | - | A large tree limb and a power line were blown down along Arlington Heights Road, north of Rand Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington Heights | - | Several tree limbs were blown down. One large tree limb fell on a home and some cars. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Arlington Heights | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Arlington Heights | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Nathaniel Moore Banta House | under 500 feet | 1998 |
 | Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn | 1.7 miles | 1992 |
 | George Clayson House | 3.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Charles H. Patten House | 3.4 miles | 2006 |
 | First Congregational Church, Des Plaines | 5.8 miles | 2019 |
 | Paul Schweikher House and Studio | 5.9 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000819 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cook County | All 621 listed properties in this county. |
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