Designated a Historic Roadway

Wise Road is named for the Wiese Family, who once farmed nearly 80 acres of land at the corner of Wise Road and Spring Cove Drive. The road was named "Wiese Road" for many years. It is unknown whether the "e" was dropped accidentally by the Cook County Highway Department, or in the interest of simplification when the street was paved in the mid-1940s.

Henry Wiese (November 24, 1845-May 7, 1915) and his wife, Caroline (December 17, 1848-January 15, 1918), raised corn, oats, alfalfa and wheat, and operated a dairy on the farm they purchased in the early 1870s. Upon their deaths, a son, William, and his wife, Margaret, took over farming operations. The farm included a granary, barn, milk house and machine shed, and two-story frame farmhouse.

After the Wiese Family sold the property in the 1940s, it continued to be operated as a farm until the 1950s, when development started in the Schaumburg area.

Dedicated June 30, 2001

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