Source: Rockford Morning Star, September 12, 1976, by Thomas Schafer, photos by David Grimm
1976
Lincoln School, later Franklin School (1926), 405 N. Court Street, opened 1892, closed 1971, demolished 1976
Sources: Photo: Photo Gravere Views, 1893; Map: Sanborn Atlas, 1913-1928 [Note that North Street is later Park Ave.]; Article: “Lincoln School Third Hospital,” Rockford Daily Register-Gazette, October 11, 1918, p.5. In October, 1918, it was one of three emergency hospitals during the Spanish flu pandemic, along with the Boys’ Club and the Knights of Columbus building on N. Main St. Lincoln was renamed Benjamin Franklin School in 1926, when Abraham Lincoln Middle School was built on Charles Street.
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Liberty Bell, formerly at Colonial Village Shopping Center, now at Midway Village Museum
Source: Midway Village Artifacts E-Newsletter, May 2020
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Sunken island surfaces in river
Source: Rockford Morning Star, April 26, 1976
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Rockford Toolcraft, Inc.
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Cabin Fever 2019, vol. 16, no. 1
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Doc’s Bar – 1976
Doc’s Bar (Janet Hensley, Barney Giegel, owners and operators) 922 E State St.
Source: 1976 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
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Doctors Park – 1976
Doctors Park, 5670 East State St.
Source: 1976 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
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Dog’N’Suds Drive-In West – 1976
Dog-N-Suds Drive-In West, (Carol A. Stenwall, Bradley M. Stenwall, owners and operators) restaurant, 4309 West State St.
Source: 1976 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
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Dog’N’Suds Drive-In East – 1976
Dog’N’Suds Drive-In East, (Stanley E Idzikowski, Donald A Pearson, owners) restaurant, 2404 S Alpine Rd.
Source: 1976 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
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“New civic center site is proposed” – 1976
Source: Rockford Morning Star 11/12/1976 and also Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 1, pp 93-94 Continues below.
