Source: Rockford City & County Map, 1963 (Courtesy Maps, 427 Park St.)
A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
Source: Rockford City & County Map, 1963 (Courtesy Maps, 427 Park St.)
July 15, 2020
Source: 1870 Winnebago County, Illinois Map, showing former townships of New Milford (annexed 1916) and Guilford (annexed 1929), now part of Rockford Township.
Source: Rockford Register Star 8/6/1978
Source: The Rockford labor news, Feb. 22, 1974, Page B-5
So. Main St. between Elm St. and Chestnut St.
Source: 1928 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
From 1928 McCoy’s Rockford City Directory, page 1033: Occupants (below)
201 S Main – Mid West Piggly Wiggley
203 S Main – James H. Farley, Banzai Lo Restaurant (owner S K Onishi)
205 S Main – Salamone & Sons meat market, also Dr. R S Grant
207 S Main – Hobart Print Shop, Rockford Army and Navy Supply
209 S Main – Pinkney’s Marble Grill, Illinois Hotel
211 S Main – Vacant
213 S Main – Henry Clay Shoe Store, Joe Rallo
215 S Main – Petritz Clothing Co.
217 S Main – Rockford Trunk and Leather Goods Co Inc
219 S Main – Muscle Shoals Cooperative Syndicate
221 S Main – Masters Shoe Co.
223 S Main – Dr. P. G. Luomons, A R Matts
225 S Main – Mrs. Jessie McRae, N J Metropolos
227 S Main – Main Hat Shop
229 S Main – Rice Accessory Co.
Source: 1928 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
The street numbers are outside the buildings shown.
Source: Winnebago County, Illinois, 2012 Land Atlas and Plat Book, page 16
Compiled and Published by Rockford Map Publishers, Inc., www.rockfordmap.com
Distributed by Winnebago County Farm Bureau, 1925 South Meridian Road, Rockford, IL 61101
Book also includes an aerial map of Burritt Township, page 17
Names indicate property owner/tax payer
The number following the name of property owner or Trustee is the number of acres in that plot. Some people own several unconnected plots of land and the number indicates acres in that specific plot.
Source: Rockford Furniture Herald, Nov. 1926, page 7