From a collection of 1917 Rockford photographs a view of Main Street. The building on the far left is Cross Lutheran Church, just behind the church is the only known …
Cross Lutheran Church
Cross Lutheran Church on the corner on Main and Walnut streets. Photo was taken in 1956 when the congregation was celebrating their 50th anniversary. The building was bought from an …
Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church was one of the first organized church bodies in Rockford with Rev. James H. Hunter serving the congregation from 1863 – 1870. His salary for the first …
Schroeder Lutheran Church
Most of Rockford’s earliest settles were of English ancestry. German immigrants began coming with greater frequency about 1870. Once settled into their homesteads; German settlers looked for a place of …