Source: ROCKFORD MORNING STAR, June 22, 1950, pg 8.
Buildings
“In New Warehouse” – Lorden Storage Company, Inc. (article from 1951)
Source: Published in Morning Star, April 1, 1951, pg. 48.
Manikin Hosiery Company Building (currently the Lorden Building in Davis Park)
Source: Sanborn Map Company, 1913, Vol. 1; Republished, 1951.
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection website (accessed 9/8/2022).
See “Image 22” online: https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn02127_008/
Source: 2022 Google Maps view of the building known as the Lorden Building, located in Davis Park/Founders Landing, maintained by the Rockford Park District.
B.Z.B. Knitting Company Building (currently the Lorden Building in Davis Park)
Source: Sanborn Map Company, 1913 (with last corrections made Sep. 1928), Vol. 1, sheet/page 24. Located in Rockford Public Library’s Local History Room.
2022 Google Maps view of the building known as the Lorden Building, located in Davis Park/Founders Landing, maintained by the Rockford Park District.
Gas tanks built by Rockford Gas Light & Coke Company on South Avon Street, built in 1928-1929, razed in 1962 by its successor, Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company
Source: Rockford Republic, May 29, 1928 and Rockford Register-Republic, January 5, 1962
Red Cross building, moved from Camp Grant to 727 N. Church St. in 1947; in 1990, 7051 square feet added
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, November 22, 1947, and google.com image captured August 2021
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, November 22, 1947 and google.com/maps Image captured August 2021
Michaels closes its doors September 29, 1997
Source: Rockford Register Star Monday September 29, 1997 pg.1 and pg.6
E. J. “Zeke” Giorgi Center, 200 S. Wyman Street, built by Sjostrom & Sons, Fall 1987-1989
The original name of the State of Illinois Office Building, when it was dedicated by Governor Jim Thompson Dec. 3, 1989. Renamed the E. J. “Zeke” Giorgi Center and dedicated by Governor Jim Edgar Jan. 6, 1994. Zeke Giorgi had begun lobbying for a state building in Rockford back in 1975.
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, November 16, 2021
Rockford Public Library, 215 N. Wyman Street, pylons being pounded in, update October 29, 2021
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, 10-29-2021
Rockford Public Library groundbreaking ceremony, 215 N. Wyman Street, October 20, 2021
Dignitaries included Mayor Tom McNamara, library board president Paul Logli and director Lynn Stainbrook. Scandroli Construction Co. is building the new library at 215 N. Wyman Street.
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, 10-20-2021
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