[2] Schiller purchased Chute & Butler piano co. and moved production to Oregon starting September 1, 1920.

[2] In a little over ten years, the Schiller Company had clients in the United States, Canada, Hawaii and Italy; by 1909 it employed 300 people and had manufactured 40,000 pianos.

[2] The Schiller Factory had expanded into a 122,506-square-foot (11,381.2 m2) facility adjoining the water power provided by the Rock River to its east.

F.G. Jones died in 1913 and his sons George and Edgar took over management of the Schiller Company, which was largest industry in Ogle County.

In 1975, Dean Dye of Oregon purchased the property and opened it as the Conover Square Shopping Mall.

[2] The Schiller Piano Company factory building's rear, Franklin Street, wing was constructed in 1893.

The main (west) facade of the Schiller Piano Company factory building faces Third Street with no setback from the street and its secondary facade, along with the rest of the exterior, features an exposed basement because the elevation lowers as the terrain slopes toward the Rock River.

The rear facade exhibits a U-shape while maintaining the exposed basement level found throughout much of the rest of the structure.

[4] The base of what was once the Schiller Piano Company's water tower remains standing on the lot's northwest corner.

[2] The Schiller Piano Factory was specifically included as a contributing property when the boundaries for the Oregon Commercial Historic District were conceived in 2006.