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Neighborhood Lawns
A small girl playing with a parasol in a yard of a residential neighborhood. Clothing for little girls in the early 1900s mimicked that of their mother's. Lawns became more popular after the 1920s with the public park movement. Today, lawns are…
Playing in the Yard
A small girl is playing in the yard of a home. The house is on a tall stone foundation.
Cement Sidewalks
An unidentified man and woman pose near porch steps. Cement and brick were often used for home building materials based on their durability. Portland cement was first introduced in the United States in the 1860s to be used for sidewalks. The lines in…
Sidewalk
Three adults on a cement sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. Portland cement was first introduced in the United States in the 1860s to be used for sidewalks. The lines in the sidewalk are expansion joints or strain relief grooves to minimize…
Interurban. Neighborhood Sidewalks
Eighteenth Avenue before street improvements. Interurban rails are in the foreground.
Eighteenth Avenue Sidewalks
Eighteenth Avenue after street improvements. In the 1800s, all sorts of waste was dumped into the streets. Street curbs functioned to separate streets from people and dwellings.
Catherine Fabrick
Catherine "Kitty" Fabrick at home in rural Harlem, Illinois. Catherine was born in England in 1844 and married Lewis Fabrick in 1863. The house is a simple one story with a side gable roof, shutters and some decorative trim at the top of the bay…
Log Cabin Home
Tillie Anderson Olesen, Helen Anderson Judson, Mrs. Ephraim Anderson, Christine Anderson Erickson, and Sophia Anderson Hill pose near a log cabin home. The house pictured has glass windows, shutters and evenly shaped "logs" indicating that the home…
Seek Family
Four generations of the Seek family posing in front of Mrs. Irene Seek's home at 5413 North Second Street. Pictured left to right are Irene Olesen Seek (mother), Mathilda Anderson Olesen (grandmother), Mrs. Ephraim Anderson (great grandmother) and…
Home Greenhouse
Residence of Mary Jewett Emerson, daughter of Daniel and Ellen Emerson. Location likely to be 313 Peach Street. Peach Street was later renamed West Jefferson Street. Home greenhouses were popular in the nineteenth century as a place to connect with…
Home of Joseph and Maria Hall
The home of Joseph and P. Maria (Weldom) Hall, parents of Earl Hall. They lived in the back portion of the old Harlem school building. The front of the building was the town hall.
Joseph and Mary Williams' Home
Former home of Joseph and Mary Williams located at 7208 North Second Street in Rockford, Illinois. They moved into the home in 1922. A new home was built on the property by their grandson Fred Fleming and his wife Shirley. The Rock River is behind…
Farm House
An unidentified farm house. The architecture is simple. The exterior shutters may have a decorative purpose rather than being functional.
In the Front Yard
Unidentified man and woman posing in front of a house. The house is simple in architecture with a cross gable roof, decorative spindles on the porch railing and exterior shutters.
Hugh and Ellen Breckenridge Home
The home of Hugh and Ellen Breckenridge. The house was located on an 80-acre farm west of Mulford (an address of 1332 Camp Avenue was later assigned to the house location). The farm was purchased by Hugh's father Edward Breckenridge in 1854. Ellen…
Folk Victorian Architecture
1111 Elm St., Rockford, Illinois. Matthew Alexander and his wife Mary moved into the home in 1900. By 1912, the house was vacant, with GI Watt moving in by 1914. The architectural style is Folk Victorian with decorative elements around the windows…
Cross Gable Roof
1111 Elm St., Rockford, Illinois. Matthew Alexander and his wife Mary moved into the home in 1900. By 1912, the house was vacant, with GI Watt moving in by 1914. The architectural style is Folk Victorian with decorative elements around the windows…
Shoudy Farm and Residence
Backyard of the Fred G. and Louise Shoudy home located at 1003 North Second Street, taken from Sinnissippi Park. Sophia G. Shoudy lived in the home 1920 until her death in 1923. The address was listed in the 1917 City Directory as a farm at North…
Early Classical Revival Architecture
Shoudy residence located at 1003 North Second Street. The architectural style is an Early Classical Revival. The front of the house is dominated by an entry way that reaches the full height of the house, with a porch roof supported by columns.…
Victorian Home
An unidentified family poses in front of a house. Victorian architecture was often a combination of styles. This house has a cross gable and a projection at the right that simulates a tower.
Frame House
This home is the birthplace of Leonard Taylor and Erma Taylor Hurlbert. The house is shaped like a "T" creating a cross gable roof. The architecture is a simple frame house.
Wood Plank Sidewalk
A Roscoe, Illinois minister and his wife. The sidewalk is made of wood boards and water is acquired from the hand pump at the left.
The Evans' Farm
The farm of David W. and Emma Evans located at 7515-7519 North Second Street. The house is symmetrical with the size and position of windows mirrored on the opposite side. The back door of the house is covered by an extended roof and appears to be…
The Evans' Farm
The farm of David W. and Emma Evans located at 7515-7519 North Second Street. The house is a simple two-story with a front gable roof. The small porch that is an elongated roof over the front door and supported by posts. A barn directly behind the…
Edward Easton Farm House
Edward Easton farm on the south side of Harlem Road. The house is plain with decorative elements focused on the porches.
Italianate Home
Possibly Wait Forbes Talcott home at 839 North Main Street. Elaborate porches are at both the front and back of the house. This house has horizontal siding, and an Italianate architectural style.
House Construction
A house under construction. Stack of bricks are on the job site ready to be used. Buttresses are spaced along the exterior wall to help strengthen the wall.
Front Porch
An unidentified young boy on a front porch.
Folk Victorian Architecture
Unidentified couple in front of a house. The architectural style is Folk Victorian. Identifying characteristics are the brackets under the eaves and the spindle work and detailing on the front porch. This style was popular 1870 - 1910.
Sodergren Family Home
Sodergren home at 919 Second Avenue. Mrs. Anna Sodergren and her son, Frank pose near the front porch. Anna lived in the home with her sons Clarence, Earl and George from circa 1894 until her death March 29, 1931. Clarence and Earl remained in the…
The Front Porch
An unidentified family poses near a home's porch.
The Oleson Home
The home of Mathilda Anderson Oleson, Selwyn's grandmother, at 5413 North Second Street. Irene and her son Selwyn Seek lived here while he was growing up.
Wood Sidewalk
Three unidentified men sitting on a wooden sidewalk in front of a house. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, wooden sidewalks were common throughout the United States.
John Lake Home
John Lake House located at 1313 East State Street. Built in 1873 it is a Victorian Gothic Revival architectural style. Pehr August Peterson purchased the home in 1918. The house is an asymmetrical two-story built with yellow brick and slate tiles on…
Andrews Family Home
The Andrews family pose at the home of John and Dorothy Andrews located at 636 Harlem Road, Machesney Park. The front door is covered with a cross gable roof extension supported by a column at each of the front corners. The home was destroyed by fire…
Mary Dorr Manny's Home
Mary Dorr Manny purchased this home on South Main Street from the Holland family in 1860. The home sat on the north side of Kent Creek surrounded by extensive gardens. The home neighbored Robert Tinker's cottage (built in 1865 on the south side of…
Shaw Home on North Third Street
Ward and Lizzie Marsh Shaw home at 622 North Third Street. They lived in the home circa 1902 - 1917. A large porch overlaps the front door and provides space for relaxation at the right as evidenced by the large hammock. There is stained glass around…
Winter Street Scene
East State Street in winter. Interurban tracks and wires are in the foreground. Electric streetcars ran 1890 - 1936.
A Small House
Two unidentified women at the front of a small house. The architecture is very simple with no decorative features. The lattice work at the side of the steps is functional to keep animals from living under the steps.
Ready for a Drive
An unidentified cross gabled Victorian home. Two women and a man stand in front of the home. A horse-drawn buggy is parked in front of the house.
The Norris Home
The home of Harry and Edith Norris when they married November 18, 1909. The house was located at 2511 Oxford Street in Rockford.
Residential Street in the Snow
Heavy snowfall on an unidentified residential street.
Boarding House
A group of men gather with two women on the front yard of a home. This was likely a boarding house where lodgers could rent a room. The main rooms of the house remain available for everyone's use. Lodgers would share washing and dining rooms.
Victorian Architecture
A woman sits on the front porch of an unidentified Victorian house.
Front Porch
Two women and a man stand on the front porch of an unidentified house.
The Front Porch
Front porch of an unidentified house. Two women and a man pose for a photo surrounded by plants and porch furniture.
Lucille Ralston
Lucille Ralston poses outdoors, sitting on a boulder. The building in the background appears to be in disrepair. It has a porch that extends the length of the building with a hipped roof; meeting the main roof at a single horizontal plane.
Waterfront Homes
Two unidentified waterfront homes.
Craftsman Architecture
An unidentified residential neighborhood in the snow. An early automobile is parked near the street.
Winter Scene
An unidentified exterior of a home during winter. Possibly located on a Rural Route.