Forest View Abbey – RPL's Local History

National Ave. , 1408 – Jesse A. Barloga

February 13, 2016Jan

1408 National Ave., Jesse A. Barloga, architect, Built 1926, Commission #258, Commissioned by Fred and Minnie Haines. In From 1918 -1925 they were living at 1621 National Ave.[possibly earlier years as well] according to McCoy’s Rockford City Directory for 1925. Source of photograph: Marty Mangas, ca. 1968-1970.

Possibly there was a “typo” that listed Mrs. Haines at 1508 National Ave., rather than at 1408 National Ave. in the Rockford Morning Star Nov. 18, 1926.

Obituary source: Rockford Morning Star August 14, 1942

Source: Rockford Morning Star Oct. 14, 1955

In 1944 Leonard W. and Catherine M. Condon sold their house on Clinton Ave. and bought the Haines house at 1408 National Ave.. Mr. Condon was president of the Contour Hosiery Mills in Rockford. Source: 1944 Rockford City Directory

Current Resident since Aug. 2013: Chad and Leah Tuneberg. Sale price $229,000.

Forest View Abbey’s demise (Greenwood Cemetery) – 1984

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015Jan

Source: Rockford Register Star Sept. 5, 1984

1120 Harlem Boulevard

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015Ellen

Mrs. Esther Winchester of 1120 Harlem Boulevard died at home. Her funeral will be at home

Mrs. Winchester was a pioneer of a Northern Illinois farm

She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on 10/16?/1850

She moved at age 3 to Pecatonica with her father, Squire Corwin

She was married in Pecatonica to the late Thomas Winchester, prominent area builder and stonecutter

A daughter, Mrs. Edith Pitney, preceded her in death

Four children survive her: Mrs. Nellie Tole and Mrs. McIntosh of Rockford, Mrs. Harry Tear of Galena, IL and Mr. Thomas Winchester, Jr. of Lincoln, Nebraska

Reverend John Gordon will officiate, with burial in Forest View Abbey

Remainder of Esther Winchester's obituary — Remainder of Esther Winchester’s obituary

Source: Rockford Morning Star, 02/11/1936

1120 Harlem Boulevard

February 27, 2015Ellen

1120 Harlem Boulevard

Thomas Winchester, prominent stonecutter, died at home 08/12/1933

Born in Wooler, Northumberland County, England on 10/14/1846

Came to Pecatonica in 1857

Married to Esther Corwin 12/29/1870 in Pecatonica

Survived by son Thomas R. Winchester of Lincoln, IL, and three daughters: Mrs. John R. Tole and Mrs. William M. (Mabel) McIntosh of Rockford, and Mrs. Harry O. Tear of Oalina, IL

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Mrs. Edith Pitney; a brother, John Winchester of Pecatonica; and two sisters: Mrs. Nellie Blowfield and Mrs. Anne Whitmeyer of Rockford

Mr. Winchester built the P. R. Walker School and the Masonic Temple, completed City Hall, and provided the stonework for Memorial Hall and the Library

The Reverend O. Garfield Backstrand of Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate, with burial in Forest View Abbey

Source: Rockford Morning Star, 08/15/1933

Barloga, Jesse – Forest View Abbey, Greenwood Cemetery

March 11, 2014June 25, 2015Jan

Designed by Architect Jesse A. Barloga in 1913, adjacent to Greenwood Cemetery, No. Main St., Rockford, Illinois

from the exhibition program of “Jesse A. Barloga” (1888-1947) Architectural Styles; Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, Apr. 2 – May 15, 1988

The building was demolished in 1986.

Barloga, Jesse

March 11, 2014Jan

The stately edifice {Forest View Abbey] located on North Main St. adjacent to Greenwood Cemetery, was one of the first buildings on which Barloga worked after he got his architecture degree from the University of Illinois in 1911.

Rockford Register Star Nov. 25, 2001