Source: Rockford Register Republic May 31, 1934
Thatcher Blake
Rockford Fire Dept. history – Forest City Firelog, 1982
Source: Forest City Firelog, 1881 – 1981 Compiled by Fire Lt. George Thomas Burke, edited by James and Janet George, Rockford, IL 1982, first few pages
See also Rockfordiana files and newspaper articles on Fires
“Mullins Researches Rockford Institute” – 1964
Source: Rockford Register-Republic June 12, 1964
Thatcher Blake house – photo: 1965
Source: Nuggets of History, bulletin of the Rockford Historical Society, July August 1965
Illinois Historical Markers – Rockford
Source: Illinois Historical Markers; a Guide R 917.73 G946
The book covers the entire state. This is the page on Rockford.
Statement of Account, Abiram Morgan, debtor to Thatcher Blake
Source: Abiram Morgan manuscript, debtor to Thatcher Blake, Oct. 6, 1939
Unitarian Universalist Church – 2012
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Fall 2012, Vol. 9, No. 4, p 210
Broadway St., 2127
Built by E.F. Herrick in 1842, only 2 families have occupied in 102 years. Present owner Miss Margaret Borg. The house to be sold.
Source: Rockford Morning Star 3/6/1946
photo exterior + dining room.
Source: Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks – 1 (3/22/1941)
“Cobblestone Antiques” opens today owners David and Penny Pauling
Source: Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks – 3, page 25 & Rockford Register Star 5/27/1973
“Bicentennial focus on architecture”
Source: Rockfordiana – Historic Houses and Landmarks – 4, p7 & Rockford Register Republic 1/12/1976
Source: Rockford Register Star 8/17/2011
Source: Rockford Register Star 8/17/2011
2328 South Main Street
Thatcher Blake House
2328 South Main Street
The home was erected in 1870, and Rockford pioneer Thatcher Blake and his family lived there until Mrs. Blake’s death in 1900, Mr. Blake having died in 1880.
Between Cole Avenue and Ogilby Road
Source: Rockford Historical Society “Nuggets of History”, July / August 1965, Vol. 2, #5
Ghost Tours – Tinker Swiss Cottage
Ghost Tours – Tinker Swiss Cottage
Steve Litteral, Executive Director of Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens and Kathi Kresol of the Rockford Public Library discuss ghosts at the Tinker Swiss Cottage.
Source: Rock River Times, 10/30 – 11/05/2013, Vol. 21, No. 2