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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…
Knight Family
Possibly the Knight family posing on the lawn of a ranch home.
Lake Peterson Home
Lake Peterson home at 1313 East State Street. The house was built in 1873 by its first resident, John Lake, who lived there until his death in 1907. It was purchased in 1918 by Pehr August Peterson. He donated the house to Swedish American Hospital…
Lattice Fence
A small girl playing by a lattice fence. Lattice provides structure for vine plants to grow on. The sidewalk at left is made of wood planks. In America, wood sidewalks were common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Lawn Swing
Two ladies on a lawn swing. Early lawns were a status symbol of the wealthy as it was expensive to plant and care for a lawn. Over time as garden hoses and the rotary lawn mower became available, more people could afford to care for a lawn. Outdoor…
Leach Farm
Shephard Leach Homestead in New Milford Township. The Leach farm was located at 2801 South Springfield Avenue (Montague Road and Springfield Avenue). This structure is built with boards. The first sawn lumber was available in Rockford in the early…
Log Cabin
An unidentified pioneer home. Early settlers used building materials that were available in the local landscape.
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…
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.
Luke and Effie Williams' Home
The home of Luke and Effie Williams between Rose and Central Avenues about 1918. They moved the house to the front of the property while building another house at 1219 Montague Street. By 1923, they moved into the new house which remained the family…
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…
Mission Style Architecture
This house may be located in the Brown's Hills area of Rockford. The architectural style is similar to Mission with its stucco walls and box like appearance. It has a flat roof, arched entrance and a prominent chimney with decorative brick work.
Monson Family Home
The home of Howard and Phyllis Monson at 2023 Fifteenth Avenue. The foundation is ornamental concrete block which was a popular building material 1890s - 1930s. It was cheaper and easier to use than stone.
Monson Family Home
An elderly woman is holding a child near the steps to the front porch of the house at 2023 Fifteenth Avenue. This is Howard and Phyllis Monson's home.
Monson Family Home
A young woman standing at the back door of Howard and Phyllis Monson's house at 2023 Fifteenth Avenue. The trellis provides some privacy shielding for the back entrance into the home. The metal box attached to the house wall near the back door is…
Mulberry Street Homes
Residential homes along Mulberry Street looking east from Avon Street. Interurban railway tracks are prominent in the middle of the street.
National Avenue
Residences located on National Avenue.
National Avenue Home
A home located at 1315 National Avenue. Built by and home of Frithiof and Emmeline Nelson.
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…
Nelson Family Home
The home of Frithiof F. Nelson family (son of John Nelson) located at 1315 National Avenue. It was built in 1895.
North Church Street
North Church Street in Rockford, Illinois. Interurban tracks indicate city wide transportation in residential neighborhoods.
Ornamental Concrete Block
The home of Howard and Phyllis Monson at 2023 Fifteenth Avenue.
Peach Street
Looking west to Peach Street from just east of Main Street. Peach Street was later renamed Jefferson Street. The American Insurance Building is on the right and Chick House is on the left.
Pergola
Possibly a three generation family portrait. The freestanding pergola provides a private seating area with access to breezes and light sun while offering protection from direct sunlight.
Playing in the Yard
A small girl is playing in the yard of a home. The house is on a tall stone foundation.
Price - Ralston House
The Price-Ralston house, built circa 1890s - 1904. It was the home of Zaidee Ellen Price and Peter Ralston who married December 30, 1903. This farm house was moved to Midway Village and Museum Center in 1982. Peter is seated at right with Zaidee…
Private Homes Connect to Community
North Church Street as seen from Haskell Park in Rockford Illinois. Interurban tracks in the street provide a connection to the rest of the city and surrounding region.
Queen Anne Architecture
Looking across an intersection at an unidentified Queen Anne home with a round tower. Two other Victorian homes are also visible.
Ralph Emerson Residence
Ralph Emerson residence at 427 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois
Ralph Emerson Residence
Ralph Emerson residence at night, located at 427 North Church Street.
Ranch Home
Possibly Bernice Bogne, Eleanor Pierson, and Helen O'Donnell sitting on the driveway of a one-story ranch home.
Ranch Home
Bernice Bogne, Harold, Eleanor Pierson and Helen O'Donnell at a ranch style home. The elaborate chimney has Spanish Colonial architectural influences. The ranch style was popular after World War II with the growth of suburbs.
Ranch Home
Ogilby and O'Donnell families at an unidentified ranch home. The distinctive chimney and large windows may have been influenced by the Spanish Colonial style of architecture.
Ranch House
An unidentified couple near a ranch house possibly owned by the O'Donnell family.
Ranch Style Architecture
Phil and Bernice Bogne, Harold, Eleanor Pierson and Helen O'Donnell at a ranch style home with vertical wood siding. Ranch homes are one story with a gable roof. The ranch style originated in California in the 1930s and were inspired by Spanish…
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.
Residence of Mayor Charles E. Jackson
The home of Charles E. and Nellie Jackson. He was elected mayor of Rockford Illinois in 1903 and served two, two-year terms until 1907. The home was located at 938 North Second Street. The home was built about 1909. Charles lived there until his…
Residential Activity
Small girl playing with a basket. The house in the background has shutters on the first floor.
Residential Area with Schooling, Medical Care and Shopping
Aerial view looking northeast in the northwest quadrant of Rockford, Illinois. A drainage canal that originates at Kent Creek meanders to the Rock River (at upper right to center). Kilburn Avenue runs diagonally from the lower right corner towards…
Residential Areas Along East State Street
Aerial view looking east along East State Street. Fairview Avenue and East State street cross at the center of the image.
Residential Areas Close to Shopping
Aerial view looking southwest. Riverside Boulevard bridge is at the far right center. North Towne Mall, located at the corner of Riverside Boulevard and North Main Street, opened in 1956 as an enclosed strip mall with the Rockford-based department…
Residential Housing
Aerial view of East State Street. It connects with Fairview Avenue at left center.
Residential Housing
Aerial view of East State Street intersecting with Fairview Avenue at left center.
Residential Neighborhood
Row houses or houses built very close together in a residential neighborhood. The house in the foreground has laundry on the line drying at the left in the back yard area.
Residential Street in the Snow
Heavy snowfall on an unidentified residential street.
Riverside Boulevard
Looking west down Riverside Boulevard at NorthTowne Shopping Center and Martin Park.
Rock River Towers
Aerial view of the Whitman Street bridge looking east over the Rock River. Rock River Towers is to the left of the bridge at the river edge. The cloverleaf interchange is for Second Street.
Rockford Country Club
Aerial view, looking west across North Main Street, of the Rockford Country Club golf course along the Rock River at far right. Greenwood Cemetery is at the left. The Rockford Country Club was started in 1899 by William Talcott and his son Wait. Otis…
Rockford Grows to the East
Aerial view looking northwest at East State Street and Alpine Road. They cross at the bottom right corner. Guilford-Turner Cemetery, established in 1855, is at the north east corner of East State Street and Alpine Road.
Rockford Memorial Hospital, Serving the Community
Aerial view looking north. Rockford Hospital, located at 2400 North Rockton Avenue, is in the center. North Rockton Avenue is at the right. Rockford Hospital, the city's first hospital, opened in 1855 in a made-over home on South Court and Chestnut…