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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 Francis Whitaker Blacksmith Shop at the John C. Campbell Folk School. This is a list of blacksmith shops. This is intended to include any notable current ones operating as businesses, as well as historic ones that are operational or not.
The Indian Hill Manor and Farm Historic District is a historic house and farm complex located at 6901-7057 Kishwaukee Road in Rockford, Illinois.The district consists of three parts, all of which were once part of the estate of Charles C. and Esta Barrett: a manor house and coach house, a working farm, and a small forest preserve.
The Rockford Country Club is the only private golf course in city limits, [84] but The Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club and Forest Hills Country Club directly border the city. Davis Park is located in Downtown on the west bank of the Rock River, and is the only Park owned by the City of Rockford.
Stockton-on-the-Forest is a good example of a linear village, as it follows only one main road (Stockton Lane/Sandy Lane) for approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km), branching out only near the west end. Many of the houses along the main road do not have house numbers but individual names many with references to agriculture, local features or mysticism.
The two-garage comes with an EV charger. The City of Paris building at Geary and Stockton streets in San Francisco was constructed in 1896 . City of Paris was one of San Francisco’s foremost ...
Rockford's Keith Fahrney still thinks about March 27, the day he fought off an accused killer and stopped him from claiming another victim. Hero of Eggleston Road: Rockford man shares chilling ...
The first bridge in Rockford was built on State Street across the river in 1852; it was the only crossing until 1890. Also that year, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad reached the east side of Rockford, built along the eastern riverfront, providing economic stimulus. By 1860, the entirety of State Street from the tracks to Second Street was ...