1954
First Ave.
102 Johnston Lumber Co.
1116 Weckesser & Sons Plumbers
201 Rock Falls Nationl Bank
201 Humphrey Insurance, Weiss optomitrist
203 Pignatelli Louis J lwyr
203 1/2 Rock Falls Masonic Lodge
205 "Trager Building" Bardo Rexall Drugs
203 1/2 State Dept Family Services
205 Rock Falls Century Loan Co.
205 1/2 Bellson School of Music
207 Smoke Ring cigars
207A Koser Shoe Repair
208-210 Zigler Mobil Filling Station, Howe Oil
209 Knabe Bros. Hardware
211 Rock Falls Gambles Store
213 Guerreri Tavern
215 Mac's Garden Shop Seeds
217 1/2 Gillette Electric
218 under construction
219 Modern Pastry Shop
221 Coloma Township Library
222 Munz Motors
223 Tehan Liquors
225 Oltman's Royal Blue grocery
228 Gipson Shell Service station
231 McFalls D-X Service Station
300 First Congregational Church
301 Decker's Used Furniture
305 Hill's Electric Motor Shop
307
310 vacant
311 private home
312
313 Cantlin, Blodgett, lawyers
315 Speaker & Lendman Ins.
317 Speed Wash self serve laundry
318
319
319 1/2 First Avenue Beauty Shop
321 Reynolds Citgo Service Sation
321 1/2
322 Overley's Standard Service Station
323 Rock Falls Insurance Agency
400 Cheshier's Cities Service gas
405 Red and Russ' Brilliant Bronze Gas
406 Home Equipment Co plumbing
408 vacant
410 Twin City Gospel Church
501 General Line Antiques
600 Rein's Sinclair Service Station
601 private home
602 private home
605 private home
607 Gallentine Howard Plmb
609 private home 611 private home
700 private home 701 private home
702 Hanson Justice of the Peace
707 Stan's F1 Covering
708 vacant
709 private home 710 private home
711 private home
712 Chapman's Dairy Dream
713 private home
715 private home 801 private home
804 National Tea Co.
805 private home 807 private home
809 private home 811 private home
813 Illinois Kitchen Center
814 Cliff' 88 Grill restr
815 private home
816 General Distributing
817 private home 821 private home
901 private home
903 Sander's Dry Gas & Appliances
904 Maylor SW & Corp farm equip
905 private home 907 private home
910 Gene's Drive-Inn rester
910 1/2 private home
930 Wechsler's Texaco gas
940 Scutty's Tavern
941 Beelendorf's Food Market
942 Russell's BarberShop
1001 private home
1003 Bright Hank Motor Sales
1005 private home 1007 private home
1008 Wadsworth Co. planing mill
1009 private home 1010 private home
1011 private home 1013 private home
1015 private home
1019 Ray's Certified Super Mkt
Highway 30 East
Illinois Forge
Larson Mnfg
Lawrence and Sons
First Ave. continued
1102 First Avenue Motor Sales
1101 Kurtz TD Glass Co
1103 Eberhardt's Auto Body
1104 Owens Illinois Oil Co
1111 Naylor agriculture implements
1200 vacant
1201-1203 Dew Drop Inn
1204 Record Print Shop
1205 vacant
1207 private home
1210 Stan's IGA groc
1212 Sno Cap Drive Inn
1301 Ace Tire Service
1305 private home
1308 private home
1309 private home
1313 Williams Shell Service Station
1401 Earl Devers
1405 Dog 'n Suds
1406 Larson, Chas Co.
1409
1410 Frerichs Nehi distributor
1411
1413 private home
1500 private home
1503 Industrial Towel Service
1505 Cash 'n Carry Cleaners
1506 private home
1507 private home
1508 private home
1511 Wallingford Gas Station
1513 Gillette Bros.sporting gds
1600 private home
1604 private home
1605 private home
1606 private home
1609 Fisher's Standard Service Station
Route 30
1800Redwood Motel
1809 private home
1901 Yellow Cab Co
1909 vacant
2001 private home
2003 private home
2005 private home-vacant
First Street West
100 Schwab's Sinclair Service
102 Flexonics Corp
201 International Harvestor
312 Eureka Co. auto body manufact
Second Avenue
204 Hazel's Voguette Beauty Shop
Andy's Barber Shop
207 Stone Insurance Agency
210 US Post Office
1902 Reformed Mennonite Church
Third Street East
105 Decker's Auction House
109 IOOF Hall
201 CB&Q RR freight
Fourth Street West
508 Detweiler's Grocery
Fourth Avenue S
1618 Moodies Red & White Store Grocery
Fifth Avenue
12-14 Northwestern Products Corp
100 Parrish Alford Fence Co.
Eighth Street East
400 Hasselberg's Grocery
12th Avenue
100 City Sewage Disposal
102 Rocket Eat Shop
104 Montgomery Auto Body Shop
201 Texaco Service Station
518 Lehman's Grocery
603 Judy's Sandwich Grill
14th Street West
105 Cartensen Freight
301 Thomeway Lines
307 Buy Rite Shopette Grocer
Thomeway Lines
Highway 30 West
101 vacant
200 vacant
Bright Spot Cafe
305 Martin's Wrecker Service
403 D&R Coin Wash
404 Sweeney Motel
405 Rocket Lanes
Tabor-Storts Used cars
503 Serve Yourself Car Wash
505 Reed's Mileage Mart
Wike Oil Co.
601 Highway 30 Fruit & Vegetable Stand
602 J&R Tavern
606 Rock Trailer Sales
703 Rock Falls Lumber and Supply
709 Rocket D-X Service Station
808 Saveway Market
900 Jerry's Market
901 Leonor Mobile Homes
904 Allen's Music Studio
906 Morgan Builders
907 Palo Club tavern
1007 Clark Oil Co,
1107 Edwards Market
1109 Beauchamp's Dairy Queen
1111 Mister Robot Car Wash
1113 Johnson's Shell Station
1120 Friendship 66 Gas
1130 Friendship House/ Dutch Pantry
1200 Lawton's Dairy Island
1201 Bevilacqua's Trailer Court
1202 Plowman's Super Market
1210 Clayton Service and Trailer Sales
1215 Nelson's Garage
1301 Hi-Way 30 Super Market
1304 Dietz Bros Paint Stores
1305 Latta's Garage/Latta's Motor Sales
1308 Wiker Welding Shop
1405 A & W Drive Inn
1408 Poci's Motel
1411 Morris Drive Inn
1412 Sunset Cafe
1414 Ed's Rock Falls Gulf Service Station
1417 Kingdom of Jehovah's Witnesses
1418 Rich's Drive Inn Restr
1500 General Cartage
1507 Cameo Beauty Salon
1509 Nichols-Bevilaquas Restaurant
1606 Saunder's Trucking
1701 Williams Auto Body Shop
2806 Ratzlaff Ford Tractor
3020 Arrow Motel
3034 Jul's Danish Farm Motel
3035 Rock River Provision
Star Dining Room Restr
Wonder Bread Depot
Dixon Avenue
105 DeKalb Molasses Feeds
206 Rheeling's Super Market
Avenue A
300 Sterling Produce Co.
401 King Welding Shop
409 Stanley's Machine Shop
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321 Kradle Building Supplies
Second St. East
104 Dixon Electronics
106 Johnston Lmbr Co
205 RB & W
308 Riverview Nursing Home
Second St. West
101 Wheelock Furniture
102 S&K Clothing
105 Mar-Jean Variety Store
106 Kelsey's radios and awnings
107 K & K Gro
108 Dawson's Lunch
109 Longfellow Cigar Store
109 1/2 Fiorini Barber Shop
110 Gray's Cafe
111 Walter's Dept Store
112 State Dept of Labor Unemployment
112 1/2 Fecht chiropractor
113 Jones Cafe
115 A & P Food Stores
116 Shick's Paint Store
117 Moulton's Walgreen Agency
118 Gartner's Sheet Metal
119 Frank's Meat Market
119 1/2 Mademoiselle Beauty Salon
120 Corner Tap
201 Hurdle Hardware
203 Ben's Package Liquors
205 Sleeper, Jerome Tax Service
Crystal Barber Shop
207 Daniels Confectionery
209 Sowles Dry Goods
215 Eshelman Barber
Alibi Tap
217 Beck's Luncheon
219 Bud & Jack's Top Hat tavern
220
221 Strand Theatre
Twin City Mattress Co.
223 Hestor's Photo and Gift Shop
301 Pippert's Meat Market
303 Hey's Refridgeration Co.
305 Twin City Yellow Cab
307 Allen's Beauty and Barber
309 vacant
311 Beien Tavern
315 Emmon's Kitchen Service steel cabinets
317 Twin City Auto Service
321 Eagles Club
400 Celletti Sinclair Service gas
410 Rock Falls Moose Club
412 Rubin Coal Co.
417
422 Twin City Cleaners
422
501 Seventh Day Adventist Church
612 Rex Oil Co. gas

View of First Avenue and 10th Street looking north east circa 1950's
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