A Digital Collection of Rockford, Illinois History
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
Source: The Rockford Journal, March 8, 2018; page 9
Source: Rockford Register Star December 3, 1989
Source: Rockford Register Star May 29, 1989; “Banking on Being the Boss”
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Source: Illinois Place Names, published by Illinois State Historical Society, 1989 List continues below R 929.4 A21 1989
Source: Rockford Magazine, August 1989, pp. 45 and 46
Source: Rockford Magazine, August 1989, p. 85
Source: Rockford Magazine, August 1989, Back Cover
Source: Rockford Magazine September 1989
