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S.B. Fuller was a prominent Chicagoan during the 1940s and 1950s — a self-made Black millionaire whose door-to-door sales company was the nucleus of a national business empire.
Fuller is almost forgotten today, as is the spectacular, brick-and-glass, custom, mid-century modernist home he built in Robbins, a struggling working-class southern suburb that was founded by Black people.
But we’re hoping a small grant from the preservation group Landmarks Illinois provides a needed step toward saving the tattered home — owned by the Robbins Historical Society and Museum since 2016 — and shines a new light on Fuller and his legacy.
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