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1115 South Main Street 1857 June 11, 1979 Herrick-Logli Cobblestone House: 2127 Broadway 1847 May 14, 1980 Lake-Peterson House: 1313 East State Street 1873 June 25, 1980 Coronado Theatre: 314 North Main Street 1927 September 6, 1979 Freeman School 910 Second Avenue 1893 Midway Theatre 721 East State Street 1918 Anderson Building 803 North ...
Gasparini Oliveri Funeral Home, a part of the Rockford business community since 1932, has closed and transferred the business at 707 Marchesano Dr. to Olson Funeral & Cremation Services.
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 ...
Today, Erlander's home is a Rockford museum that shows his efforts in elevating Rockford to second in furniture manufacturing in the United States, behind Grand Rapids. [20] During the Civil War, one of the first Illinois regiments to be mobilized, the Zouaves, were from Rockford. The city also served as the site for Camp Fuller, a training ...
The cornerstone for the present church was blessed by Bishop Loras Lane in August 1958 and it was dedicated on May 15, 1960. Bishop Arthur O'Neill designated St. Peter's as the diocesan cathedral on October 11, 1970. St. James on North Second Street in Rockford had been the pro-cathedral of the diocese from its
It was chartered the next year as the Rockford Cemetery Association. After another cemetery was chartered in 1853, the Rockford Cemetery Association's land became known as the West Side Cemetery. [1] In 1852, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad connected to Rockford and needed to use the lands of the West Side Cemetery. The cemetery moved to ...
The Rockford Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in north-central Illinois, anchored by the city of Rockford. As of the 2010 census , the MSA had a population of 349,431 (though a 2011 estimate placed the population at 348,360). [ 2 ]
Miss Carly's, seen here on Jan. 24, 2024, is located on Fifth Avenue in Rockford.