Source: “Budlong Opens Palm Apartment Building May 1,” Rockford Republic, April 30, 1925; “The Palm Apartment Building Now Completed,” Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, May 2, 1925; building photographed by Jean Lythgoe, August 17, 2020
Apartments
417 Walnut Street, built in 1890 by Bengt Nelson
Sources: Rockford Daily Gazette, Dec. 20, 1890 and google.com/maps Image captured May 2019
New Library To Be Built In 2021
Source: Corina Curry, Rockford Register Star, July 13, 2020.
Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Summer/Fall 2019
Rockford Watch Company Clean-Up
Source: Rockford Register Star, Jeff Kolkey.
The Kathryn Apartments, 204 S. 6th Street
Sources: The Rockford Daily Republic, February 24, 1928 and Google.com/maps Image captured May 2019
Companies who helped build the Kathryn Apartments
Source: Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, February 24, 1928
Groneman Flats, West State Street
Source: 1902 Rockford Illinois, Press of Horner Printing, Rockford, ILL, 1902 p. 95.
1129 N Main St. #2 (Apartment) – architect Jesse A. Barloga
Exterior of Apartment building at 1129 N Main St. All photographs from Zillow.com
Apartment #2 has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, rents for $850./month (in 2018), and was designed by Architect Jesse A. Barloga.
With thanks to Jeff Aulik for letting us know about these pictures.