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Chestnut Street Homes
Homes on the north side of Chestnut Street west of Hinkley Avenue in Southwest Rockford, October 1975.
Church and Peach Streets
Looking north on Church Street from Peach Street.
Clara and Andrew Anderson
Clara and Andrew Anderson pose in front of a home. Trellises are installed to support flowers next to the porch.
Colonial Revival
Unidentified people on house steps. Architectural style is possibly Colonial Revival. The front door is accentuated with an overhang that is supported by slender columns, forming an entry porch.
Corner of State and Charles Streets
The corner of State and Charles Streets. Interurban railway tracks are prominent in the center of the street.
Craftsman Architectural Style
Residence of Charles E. and Nellie Jackson at 938 North Second Street and Arthur E. and Jessie Aldrich at 918 North Second Street in Rockford Illinois.
Craftsman Architecture
An unidentified residential neighborhood in the snow. An early automobile is parked near the street.
Craftsman Architecture
George Johnson, son of Emil and Martha Johnson, in his blue Navy uniform with a neighbor's house behind him on Parmele Street. The house has a cross gable roof and a front porch that wraps around the side. The porch columns are similar to the…
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…
Crotty Family Residence
The William Crotty family residence at 727 East State Street. William and his wife Frances M. were living at 727 East State Street by 1894. William worked in real estate in Rockford. In 1899 he died in a traffic accident leaving Frances with 8…
Daffodil Cottage
Home in Haight Village Historic District at 228 South 1st Street in October 1997. The house is known as the Daffodil Cottage.
Denver Drive Duplex
A duplex at Eastmoreland Avenue and Denver Drive in Southeast Rockford.
Dormer Windows
A residential neighborhood. The house in the foreground at left has boxed column supports for the porch. The houses in the background are cross gabled with dormer windows. Dormers increase useable space in an attic or upper story of a home.
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.…
East Jefferson and Sixth Streets
Homes on the northwest corner of East Jefferson Street at 6th Street, including the Julian Poorman Funeral Chapel.
East State Street
Aerial view looking southwest toward East State Street and Fairview Avenue.
East State Street Homes
Residential homes on East State Street looking west.
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.
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.
Elm Street Homes
Housing on the south side of Elm Street, east of Kilburn Avenue, in Southwest Rockford, October 1975.
Emil Johnson Family Home
George Johnson as an adolescent in front of his parent's, Emil and Martha Johnson, rented house on 1412 Parmele Street in Rockford. The house has a mansard roof with a large dormer at the center.
Emil Johnson's Home
Emil and Martha Johnson's house at 1636 Thirteenth Avenue in 1955. It is the first and only home they purchased.
Enclosed Porch
Home of Howard A. and Phyllis Monson at 2023 Fifteenth Avenue. Howard and Phyliis moved into the home in 1942.
English Cottage Architecture
The Wilfred Baker home at 1520 Quentin Road. They moved to the home by 1936 when the address was Rd. 4 Quentin Road. Architectural style is English Cottage which was popular 1920 - 1940. Features include asymmetry, tall, narrow windows, a steeply…
English Cottage Architecture
Group photo at Wilfred Baker's home at 1520 Quentin Road. The Baker family moved into the home by 1936. The architectural style is English Cottage featuring a gabled enclosed entry and a door that is arched. The roof shingles are two different colors…
Ernest Lundgren's Queen Anne
Home at 112 Buckbee Street built by Ernest L. Lundgren about 1900. Ernest lived in the home until about 1910. The architectural style is Queen Anne with a distinctive turret at the front left corner of the house.
Fairview Avenue and Bluefield Street
Housing on the south side of Fairview Avenue at Bluefield Street looking west-southwest in Northwest Rockford, October 1975.
Farm House
An unidentified farm house. The architecture is simple. The exterior shutters may have a decorative purpose rather than being functional.
Fitch and Forbes Residences on North Main Street
Dr. William and Katherine Fitch's home at 849 North Main Street and George O. and Elizabeth Forbes home at 841 North Main Street.
Folk Victorian
Members of the Dell family pose in front of a home. The architectural style is possibly Folk Victorian based on the presence of a front porch with elaborate spindles and two different styles of siding. The awning provides shade, making the porch…
Folk Victorian Architecture
The home of Wilbur W. and Hilda E. Seek at 1408 Sixth Street. Wilbur (1885 - 1976) and Hilda (1889 - 1964) moved into the home circa 1932 and lived there the rest of their lives. The architectural style is Folk Victorian based on the decorative…
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…
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.
Foster Avenue Homes
Housing on the east side of Foster Avenue, north of Chestnut Street, in Southwest Rockford, October 1975.
Foster Avenue Housing
Housing on the east side of Foster Avenue, north of Anderson Street in Southwest Rockford, October 1975.
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.
Front Porch
The home of Delbert and Nona Trahern at 323 Whitman Street. The main entrance may be at the left with large decorative posts supporting a porch roof. A screened porch extends the length of the house at the right.
Front Porch
An unidentified young boy on a front porch.
Front Porch
Two women and a man stand on the front porch of an unidentified house.
Furman Street near Fairview Avenue
A house on the west side of Furman Street north of Fairview Avenue in October 1975.
Gabled Entrance
Group photo at Wilfred Baker's home at 1520 Quentin Road. The Baker family moved into the home by 1936. The architectural style is English Cottage featuring a gabled enclosed entry and a door that is arched.
Garfield Avenue Home
A home on Garfield Avenue in Northwest Rockford, September 1977.
George Johnson
George Johnson as a child, standing in a yard on the corner of Eighteenth Street and Broadway in Rockford. The houses on the block in the background appear to be Craftsman architectural style.
Green Street Homes
Housing on the south side of Green Street, east of Central Avenue, in Southwest Rockford October 1975.
Green Street Houses
Housing on the north side of Green Street, west of Waldo Street, in Southwest Rockford, October 1975.
Green Street Housing
Housing on the south side of Green Street, east of Stewart Avenue, in Southwest Rockford, October 1975. Several African American residents can be seen in the front yards.
Greenview Avenue in the Snow
Homes along Greenview Avenue, north of Hudson Street, in Southwest Rockford. Snow covers the ground.
Growth Along East State Street
Aerial view looking south along Fairview Avenue. East State Street and Fairview Avenue cross at right center.
Growth Along East State Street
Aerial view looking northwest along East State Street. Fairview Avenue crosses East State Street at left. Alpine Road crosses East State Street at the bottom center. The E shaped building is The Alpine Inn at 4404 East State Street, near the…
Guard Street
Rock River at the foot of Guard Street.