Historic Landmarks and Districts is a designation of the City of Rockford Historic Preservation Commission (RHPC). Many of these landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Historic Preservation Commission The City of Rockford's Historic Preservation Commission (RHPC) approves new historic districts and landmarks.

Criteria To submit a landmark or district for historic designation, applicants must describe how the proposed landmark meets the criteria.

List of landmarks

Individual landmarks +Landmark NameImageLocationBuiltNRHP dateGraham-Ginestra House1115 South Main Street1857June 11, 1979Herrick-Logli Cobblestone House2127 Broadway1847May 14, 1980Lake-Peterson House1313 East State Street1873June 25, 1980Coronado Theatre314 North Main Street1927September 6, 1979Freeman School910 Second Avenue1893Midway Theatre721 East State Street1918Anderson Building803 North Church StreetTinker Swiss Cottage Museum411 Kent Street1869December 27, 1972Burpee Museum of Natural History737 & 813 North Main StreetJohn Erlander Home404 South Third Street1871Times Theatre222-230 North Main Street19387th Street Train Depot701-703 7th Street1911Four Squires Building203 West State StreetWest Middle School1900 North Rockton Avenue1939East High School2929 Charles Street1939Garrison School1105 North Court Street1887February 9, 2006Liebling Building330 North Main Street1930Shumway Market Building713 East State Street1920sIllinois National Guard Armory605 North Main Street1937Rockford City Hall425 East State Street1926Winnebago County Courthouse Annex403 Elm Street1916-1917Chick House119-123 South Main Street1857February 7, 1997Elks Club Building210 West Jefferson Street1912Abraham Lincoln Junior High School1500 Charles Street1925-1927Beyer Stadium Ticket Gatehouse311 15th AvenueBooker Washington Center524 Kent Street and 1005 South Court Street1858Witwer (Bell) House504 North First Street1876August 26, 2021

Historic Districts

National Historic Districts

East Rockford Haight Village 7th Street Commercial Barber-Colman Company West Downtown Rockford Garrison-Coronado-Haskell

Local Historic Districts

Haight Village. Area bounded by South Madison, Walnut and Kishwaukee Streets and the Union Pacific Railroad to the south. Garfield Avenue. 600 through 900 blocks of Garfield Avenue. Indian Terrace. Indian Terrace south of the Armory, and including Beattie Park. Brown's Hills/Knightsville. This is most of the area lying between North Second Street on the west, Sinnissippi Park/Golf Course on the north, the Scandinavian Cemetery (Prospect Street) on the east and Rural Street on the south plus the four houses just north of the YMCA on the west side of North Second Street Northeast State & Main. 201, 203 and 211 West State Street, plus 107 and 109 North Main Street. Peacock Brewery. 200 Prairie Street plus Brewmaster's House (stone house) at Northwest corner of Prairie and Madison Streets.

Further reading

Rockford Public Library's Local History

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Winnebago County, Illinois

References

External links Official site