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Goodwill Shoe Company also known as Arthur A. Williams Shoes (after its founder) was a shoe brand specialized in leather shoes and steel toe "Safety First" boots. Among the earlier companies to produce such products at the time, it was one of the largest companies in manufacturing industrial boots by the 1930s.
Edward Wren Co. (Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987 [421] [422] [423] Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store)
Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson ...
William Lewis Douglas was born on August 22, 1845, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to William and Mary (Vaughan) Douglas.His father died when he was five. [1] He received only intermittent schooling, and began working for his uncle in his shoemaking business at the age of seven.
Williamsville is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,476 at the 2010 census, and 1,491 at a 2018 estimate. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is named after Springfield merchant and banker John Williams.
Sportspeople from Springfield, Illinois (3 C, 27 P) W. Writers from Springfield, Illinois (20 P) Pages in category "People from Springfield, Illinois"
The Gov. Richard Yates House is a historic house located at 1190 Williams Boulevard in Springfield, Illinois.The house was built in 1904–05 for Illinois governor Richard Yates, Jr. Architects Helmle and Helmle designed the house, which has Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne influences.
The J. P. Smith Shoe Company Plant is a historic factory building at the corner of North Sangamon Avenue and West Huron Street in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The factory was built in 1911-12 for the J. P. Smith Shoe Company, Chicago's second-largest maker of shoes at the time.