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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gustaf Lundgren Home
Home of Gustaf Lundgren at 403 South Second Street in Rockford, built in 1869. Gustaf Lundgren lived in Rockford by about 1859. He lived at 403 South Second Street 1869 - 1895.
Harlem Boulevard
View west across the Rock River to houses on Harlem Boulevard near the Auburn Street bridge.
Harlem Boulevard
A view of homes on Harlem Boulevard from the North End Bridge, near Auburn Street, on the Rock River.
Haskell Park
Haskell Park fountain located at 400 North Church Street in Rockford, Illinois. Originally known as West Side Park, it was donated to the city in 1838 by Dr. George Haskell and his brother-in-law, John Edwards. It was later renamed Haskell Park.
Helen Trahern
Helen Trahern sitting on the front steps of a home that is possibly the Trahern home circa 1900 - 1908 at 1128 North Church Street. Helen was age eight in 1902 when the family lived there.
Hexagon Shape Shingles
An unidentified couple pose near a home. The hexagon shaped shingles on the roof are likely asphalt shingles which gained popularity in the twentieth century.
Hitching up the Horse
The house at 1210 Seventh Avenue. A hitching post for tying up a horse and buggy stands at the curb.
Hobo Jungle
"In Hobo Jungle Cross Tracks from Baker Place." A hobo jungle is a temporary encampment usually located close to railroad tracks where hobos congregate and wait for another train.
Holmstrom Home
855 North First Street, Rockford, Illinois. Pictured from left to right: John T. Holmstrom, 6 years old with bicycle; John Gustafson, a neighbor from across the street holding a dog; Mrs. John Gustafson, seated; Elin Rosalia Holmstrom, 4 years old…
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 Adeline and Ralph Emerson, Sr.
The home of Adeline and Ralph Emerson, Sr. located at 427 North Church Street. The house was built in 1855 by Ralph's cousin, Reverend Joseph Emerson, and purchased by Ralph in 1858. The original modest home was expanded over time to accommodate…
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.
Home Remodel
The home of Howard and Phyllis Monson at 2023 Fifteenth Avenue. The windows on the front porch have been changed to a double sash type and the siding in front has been replaced with a more decorative brick.
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.
Household Transportation
An unidentified cottage with a couple and a saddled horse.
Housing Demands
2023 15th Avenue (Howard A. and Phyllis Monson's house) and neighboring houses. In the 1940s, there was a demand for housing and a lot of shortages in various building materials. Communities had to be created to offer housing solutions. Using the…
Housing Near Work Places
Aerial view looking east across the Rock River. Rockford Country Club is on the left. Ingersoll Machine Tool Company is along the bottom edge of the Rockford Country Club golf course between Willoughby and Fulton Avenues. North Main Street runs…
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…
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.
Interurban. Neighborhood Sidewalks
Eighteenth Avenue before street improvements. Interurban rails are in the foreground.
Italianate Architecture
Lundvall homestead once located at 2511 Guilford Road. The house is still standing and is now located at 917 Highview Avenue. The house was built about 1900. The architectural style is Italianate.
Italianate Architecture
Home of Colonel Thomas G. Lawler (1844-1908), located at 218 Kishwaukee Street. The architectural style of the home is Italianate. It is characterized by the flat roof with overhanging eaves, row of decorative brackets under the roof line, tall and…
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.
Jesse Barloga Home
The home of Harold and Effie Clark at 939 North Second Street. It was designed by Jesse Barloga and built in 1934. Harold passed away February 2, 1953. Effie continued to live in the home until 1963. She passed away September 13, 1967.
Jesse Barloga Home
The home of Harold and Effie Clark at 939 North Second Street. The home was designed by Jesse Barloga in 1934. Effie Clark lived in the home until 1963. Jesse Barloga had a strong influence on the architecture of Rockford during his career that…
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…
Johnson Family Home
The house Emil and Martha Johnson owned at 1636 Thirteenth Avenue. There is a service flag for their son George in the lower left hand window.