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Fullersburg, Illinois

Fullersburg is a former village in Downers Grove Township and York Township, DuPage County, Illinois near the Cook County border. Though never incorporated in its own name, the area is historically important to the development of Oak Brook and Hinsdale. The area was originally called Brush Hill and was claimed by Orente Grant when the Indian land in Illinois was ceded to the United States government in the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. Benjamin Fuller, of Broome County, New York, arrived in 1835 with his parents Jacob and Candace Fuller and some other relatives, and settled at Ginger Creek at what later became Spring Road in Oak Brook. Ben Fuller built a house in 1840 on what is now York Road. (By 1985, this Fuller House had moved into the Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve from its original location.) By 1851, Fuller owned most of the area, and in 1851 subdivided, platted; and changed the name from Brush Hill to Fullersburg.

Take a tour of Fullersburg. Below are some historic photos showing the people, places, and many enterprises of Fullersburg mainly clustered around the intersection of Ogden Avenue (then known as Old Plank Road) and York Road.

Click on any photo to enlarge it.

Fullersburg Area Directory

1.        Potawatomi Village

2.        Benjamin Fuller original cabin

3.        Jacob Fuller cabin

4.        Mammoth Spring

5.        John Marshall

6.        John Hemshell

7.        St. John’s Church

8.        J.F. Ruchty Ice House / Mammoth Springs Ice Company

9.        Salt Creek

10.      Graue Mill

11.      Frederick Graue House

12.      The Farmer’s Home / York Tavern

13.      Lt. King House

14.      Ben Fuller Farmhouse

15.      Forrest, Shoemaker

16.      Hicks, Butcher

17.      Dance Hall

18.      Fox Brothers General Store and J.P. Mohr, Butcher

19.      J.F. Ruchty, Grand Pacific Hotel

20.      Toll Gate and Barto VanVelzer House

21.      Orente Grant House

22.      M. Coffin Farm

23.      Edwin Fuller Farm

24.      John Fuller Farm

25.      Castle Inn

26.      J.F. Ruchty House

27.      W. Bullerman, Blacksmith

28.      Fred Tunk, Wagon Maker

29.      John Coe, Blacksmith

30.      Almeron Ford Store

31.      George Ruchty House

32.      Jacob / Morell Fuller House

33.      School House

34.      Cemetery

35.      Walker Farm

Plank Road owned by South Western Plank Road Company.jpg

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Email: oakbrookhistory@gmail.com

Phone: (630) 368-7750

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Oak Brook Heritage Center

1112 Oak Brook Rd.

Oak Brook, IL 60523

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