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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
[3] Landmark name Image Location County Culture Comments; 1: Albany Mounds Site: Albany: Albany Mounds Trail 4]: Whiteside: Middle Woodland: Hopewell: 2: Alton Military Prison Site: Alton: inside the block bounded by Broadway and William, 4th, and Mill Sts. 5]: Madison: Euro-American: 3: Apple River Fort Site: Elizabeth: 0.25 miles east-southeast of the junction of Myrtle and Illinois Sts. 6 ...
The Garrison–Coronado–Haskell Historic District is in the northwest side of Rockford, Illinois. Large-scale residential development first came to the city in the late 1850s. Thomas Garrison was one of the early real estate developers for the west side; he is the namesake of the Garrison School in the district. Dr.
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that operates the adult state prison system. The IDOC is led by a director appointed by the Governor of Illinois , [ 3 ] and its headquarters are in Springfield .
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 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 ...
In May 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections called for Stateville to be converted from a Level 1 maximum security facility to a multi-level facility focused on returning inmates to society. In March 2024, the State announced plans to temporarily close the prison, demolish it, and construct a new facility on the grounds. [11]
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