Talcott Building
“UEP unveils new developments” – 2018, The Rock River Times
Source: The Rock River Times, April 25, 2018, Vol. 25, No. 28,, page 2, article by Jim Hagerty
“Alpine Bank Wins Federal Insurance OK” – 6/24/1961
Source:Â Rockford Register-Republic, June 24, 1961
Anderson, Robert K.
(Marion S) chf eng Talcott Bldg h517 Sheridan
Source: 1937 Rockford City Directory
“Man Falls 6 Floors to Death” – 1967, Talcott Building
Source: Rockford Morning Star Sunday, March 14, 1967
Source: Rockford Morning Star, Sunday, March 14, 1967
Manny Oliveira – 1988, actor/comedian/director
Source: Rockford Magazine, December 1988 “Most Interesting People” by Editors, Photography by K.C. Keefer
1426 Harlem Boulevard
1426 Harlem Boulevard
Residence of Clarence L. Dyson and wife, Edith C. Dyson
Accountant, 1115 Talcott Building
Source:Â 1935. 1937, 1940Â Rockford City Directories
Talcott acquisition continues west side trend – 2015
“Talcott acquisition continues west side trend” by Frank Shier
states
“Justin Fern’s Urban Equity Properties (UEP) purchased downtown Rockford’s iconic 13-story Talcott Building, 321 West State St, March 31, 2014 for an undisclosed sum, reportedly in the are of $7 million. UEP purchased the skyscraper from TRT Management, whose principal, Dave Casazza, owned the building for 30 yeas. Casazza also owns Broadmoor Insurance Agency, located in the Talcott.”
“The Rock River Towers, 913 N. Main St., was purchased by New Jersey’s Strategic Partners of North America for $8.2 million from River Tower Venture of Mukwonago, Wisconsin. In 1998, it was purchased for $2.5 million.”
“Rockford Trust Building, 202 West State St., is being developed by Morgan Management, a Pttsfield, New York developer for a reported $12.5 million, with a purchase price of $1.7 million. Construction is slated to begin this summer.”
“The River District enjoyed a very timely save of the classic Pioneer/Conseco Insurance, 304 N. Main St….building was purchased by Kevin Holdmann’s expanding Trans Atlantic Connection, currently at 109 N. Main St.”
Source: The Rock River Times, April 15-21, 2015.
State St., West, 315-21 – Talcott Bldg., 1962
Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (1st – 4th Floors
Rooms:
501:  Lawrence A. Barden  lawyer
Gerald F Tuite lawyer
Clarence N. Pearson lawyer
502:Â Vacant
504: J B Whitehead & Loren Whitehead real estate
Talcott Building office
506:Â The Optical House
507:Â Gateway to Beauty
508:Â Conrads & Co investments
509:   John A Forbes investments
513:  Shultz,Fahy and Street lawyers
514:Â Â Â Vacant
601: Underwriters Adjusting Co. Insurance
602:Â Vacant
603:  Eldon F Hammer dentist
604: Anthony R Fabiano lawyer
605:Â Vacant
607: James E. Thiell physician  Edward W Keefer optometrist
608, 610, 612 and 615:Â Vacant
609: Camen R. Paynter physician  insurance
611:  Crum & Forster Group insurance
614: John F Jackson dentist
701: Federal Equipment Corp  cleaners and dyers
702: Charles S. Thomas  lawyer, Peter C. Kostantacos lawyer, and Charles H Davis lawyer
703: Clyde C. Cole dentist
704: Samuel A Oren  dentist
706, 709 and 710: Vacant
708: King Olson Surprise and Co  stock brokers
711:Â Guys and Dolls Slenderizing Salon
712:Â Adrian’s Beauty Salon
714: Union Savings and Loan Assn real estate and loans
801: Alf B. Owen physician
802-03:Â Pedderson Menzimer & Conde lawyers
805:Â J Harry Bendes physician
806 and 815:Â Vacant
807: John W Hallock lawyer, Bernard P Reese jr lawyer
809: Harold Stern lawyer
822:Â American Fore Loyalty Group Insurance Co.
901:Â Martin M Ellman dentist
902: Edwin B Morris dentist
904:  William M Magnelia dentist
905:Â Levis C Brooks, physician
906:  Carlton D. Reed  dentist
907:  Walter W. Kolatala physician
908:Â McInnes Dental Laboratory
909: W Mayo Larson physician
910-12: Brick-Kote Construction contractors
C L Sjostrom and Associates; construction engineers
911:Â American National Insurance Co.
916:Â Ilten Optical Laboratory
917: Stone and Webster Securities Corp investments
1001-1004: E. R. Hollingsworth and Associates
1008 Robert M. Lewis physician
1009: George E. Lamphere    dentist
1010 Early and Lundin lawyers
1017  Gauger & Diehl   accountants
1007, 1011, 1012 and 1018: Vacant
1101:Â Â Lawrence K. Minshall dentist
1102: Joseph A. Hopkins dentist
1103: Everett Ramsey barber
1104: Francis H Spickerman  dentist Charles F Nicholas dentist
1105: Maurice M Armstrong  podiatrist
1108: C Harry Grandstaff dentist
1109-1110:Â Vacant
1111: Gaziano and Gaziano lawyers
1112: Rockford Mercantile Agency collections
1114Â Rainier Pharmacy
1201:Â Monument Life Insurance Co.
1202:Â National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont
1203: Knight & Knight lawyers
1204: Alex C Kraft physician, Chas A Cibelius physician
1208: Orval A. Crossan    dentist  Shirl H Benning dentist
1209: B L Winchester Dental Laboratory
1210: Logan T. McMenemy  office
1214 and 1217:Â Vacant
1211: Roland I Pritikin physician, Method L. Duchon physician
1216: Stuart R. Sowle  dentist
1300:Â Mid-day Club
Source: 1962 Polk’s Rockford City Directory
1332 Harlem Boulevard
1332 Harlem Boulevard
Residence of Dr. H. Dick Countryman and wife, Virginia Countryman
Physician and Surgeon, 1204 Talcott Building
(They later moved to 1951 Harlem Boulevard, where Virginia died in 1959)
Source:Â 1937, 1940 Rockford City Directories
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