Approximately 1868, Christian Andres built a new general merchandise store at the southwest corner of Oak Park Avenue and 173rd Place. The village's first telephone was installed here in 1898. A two-story brick building addition was built in 1906, which bears the name Andres Block after its owner. Living quarters and storage space occupied the upper level. Over its long history, the building housed a general store, an ice cream parlor, the village's first drug store, a public bath, post office, barbershop, grocery store, and public library among other businesses. The tin ceiling still visible inside one section dates to the early 1920s, when it was Dini's Ice Cream Parlor. In 1934, Henry J. Bettenhausen opened Bettenhausen Hardware in the north end of the building, and in 1940 he acquired the block of buildings to expand his business. The family managed Bettenhausen Hardware until 1996. In 1998, the building was sold and the front facade was restored to closely resemble its appearance in 1907.