Banks

Leonard H. Schmauss Succumbs to Heart Attack Obituary June 5, 1930

Marie

Source: Rockford Daily Republic  June 5th, 1930 pg. 1

Veterans Who Have Passed–Eric Paul Selin

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Feb. 9, 2019.

Veterans Who Have Passed–Richard Shotliff

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Aug. 14, 2020.

Veterans Who Have Passed–Russell Wayne Rader

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Feb. 12, 2019.

Veterans Who Have Passed

Andrew

Source:  Rockford Register Star, December, 2019.

William Brown Building, 226-228 South Main Street

Andrew

Source:  1902 Rockford Illinois, Press of Horner Printing Company, Rockford, Illinois, p. 89 and Rockford Register Star, April 22, 2001, p. 31.

The building was completed in 1892 and named after Judge William Brown.  First tenant was the People’s Bank of Rockford.  It still houses the Amcore Bank.  The Grand Army of the Republic found its home in the Brown Building also.

Its Romanesque Revival architectural style is considered very significant and helped to place it on the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 10, 2000.

 

“Stalled bond sales delay Metro Centre; Lawsuit filed” – May 1978, April 1978

Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star 5/17/1978

Source:  Rockford Morning Star 4/11/1978