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713 East State Street 1920s Illinois National Guard Armory 605 North Main Street 1937 Rockford City Hall 425 East State Street 1926 Winnebago County Courthouse Annex 403 Elm Street 1916-1917 Chick House: 119-123 South Main Street 1857 February 7, 1997 Elks Club Building [4] 210 West Jefferson Street 1912 Abraham Lincoln Junior High School
The district was the commercial center of Rockford's substantial Swedish American community. Swedish settlement in Rockford began in 1852, and Swedes accounted for a third of the city's population by the 1890s; while the first Swedish American community formed around a railroad station on Kishwaukee Street, it shifted to Seventh Street in the ...
The commercial building at 324–30 East State Street is the oldest in the district. The following buildings contribute to the historical fabric of the district: [2] Rockford Wholesale Grocery Building, 1909; Morning Star Newspaper Building, 1932; Old Y.M.C.A. Building, 1889; Germania Hall, 1890; 324–30 East State Street, c. 1855-60; Old City ...
A task force was created in 1986 to preserve the deteriorating west downtown district. The Chick House was recognized in 1997, the Rockford Morning Star Building in 1999, the William Brown Building in 2000, and the Rockford Elk's Lodge #64 in 2005. On September 5, 2007, the West Downtown Rockford Historic District was recognized as a historic ...
The Garrison–Coronado–Haskell Historic District is a largely residential historic district in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Nearly half of the district is houses built between 1890 and 1900. 503 of its 564 buildings contribute to the district's historic fabric.
John Lake built many of the early houses in Rockford. His lumberyard was in the East Rockford district and he worked as a carpenter and contractor. He lived at 612 Oak Street in Haight Village from its construction until 1874. Judge William Brown, mayor of Rockford and member of the Illinois General Assembly, lived in the district starting in 1858.
North State Street Historic District: August 14, 1998 : Roughly along N. State St. from the 300 block to the 1100 block: Monticello: 5: South Charter Street Historic District: South Charter Street Historic District
Located on the bank of the Rock River, the conservatory is the third-largest in the state of Illinois. Just north of the gardens is Symbol, an Alexander Liberman sculpture moved from downtown during the 1980s and now one of Rockford's most recognizable features. [75] In 2021, artist Rafael Blanco painted "Thinking of you Rockford" in Rockford ...