Mill Island, a pastoral seating area with water wheel and fish pond, was located on the North Mall of GOLF MILL CENTER.
Photo from Cameo Greeting Cards, Incorporated


A different view of Mill Island and the adjacent Sears anchor store.
Photo from "Niles Centennial History 1899-1999"


The shiny new -40 million dollar- GOLF MILL CENTER spanned 650,000 leasable square feet and contained sixty-five stores beneath its open canopies. Free parking was provided for 7,000 autos.

GOLF MILL CENTER TENANTS 1961:

SEARS (with Coffee House, Lyric Beauty Salon and freestanding Auto Center) / LORD'S OF EVANSTON / F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / HILLMAN'S supermarket / NATIONAL FOOD STORES supermarket / Acousticon hearing aid center / Anderson's Card Shop / Andes Candies / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Basket Bazaar / Children's World / Cook's Card Shop / Claire Hats / Famous Beauty Salons / Fannie May Candies / Father & Son Shoes / Golf Mill Cleaners / Golf Mill Barber Shop / Golf Mill Beauty Salon / Golf Mill Corset Fashions / Golf Mill Bowling Lanes (outparcel) / Golf Mill Laundrymat / Golf Mill State Bank / Golf Mill Theatre (single-screen outparcel) / Golf Mill Thomas Organ / Goodman Furniture / Grayson Shops ladies' wear / Heinemann's Bakery / Household Finance Corporation / Karmelkorn / Karoll's men's wear / Kassner's California Shop men's wear / Kinney Shoes / Little Miss & Mister Shop / Lytton's / Mr. Marty ladies' wear / Maternity Modes / Modern Cobbler Shop / National Uniform Shop / Norman's ladies' wear / Pearson's Music & Art Shop / Pioneer Luggage / Rand Jewelers / Richman Brothers men's wear / Sherwin-Williams Paints / Simon's Restaurant & Delicatessen / Singer Sewing Center / Steven's ladies' wear / The Jewel Box / Tile Town / Toy Town / Walgreen Drug (with luncheonette) / Walter's Fashions / Vision Service, Incorporated / Youthful Shoes