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1937 black and white photograph of the Woodstock Hospital.   The building is a two story brick structure.
527 W. South Street

Woodstock Hospital was moved from Clay Street to the Judge Theodore Murphy home at 527 W. South Street in 1915. This photo shows the Bentley Wing that was built in 1937 in front of the original building.

The name of the…

Circa 1910 colorized black and white post card of Woodstock's St Mary's Church and Parsonage buildings located on North Tryon Street, Woodstock, Illinois.
St Mary's Catholic Church taken soon after the church was completed in 1910. The parsonage is only partially visible on the left. It was built between 1905-1908.
A house is visible on the right of the church where the St. Mary junior high building…

1906 colorized black and white post card of the  Square Park in Woodstock, Illinois.  The park is filled with mature elm trees.  The only visible structure is the ornamental Spring House.
This postcard shows the Square park trees in full leaf before the renovations in 1912. The Spring House is the only visible landmark.The railings on the edge are wood posts with rope or chain in between them.

E. C. Kropp company of Milwaukee was…

Circa 1915 colorized postcard of a brick school building in Woodstock, Illinois.
Colorized postcard of the High School on Calhoun St. (now City Hall). It is more recent than the United Art postcard since there is a sidewalk and an informal fence.
The old school on South Street is more visible.


120 W. Calhoun

E. C.…

Circa 1923 black and white photograph of a brick church on South Street, Woodstock, Illinois.
201 W. South

Although Paul R. Vogel Co. (1911-1940s) is printed on the back, the postage stamp area shows the EKC monogram of E. C. Kropp company (1907-1956.)

The lettering on the face of the postcard is very similar to the printing on the C…

Circa 1908 black and white postcard of buildings on Benton Street, Woodstock, Illinois.  Horses and horse and buggies are seen in the dirt road and several pedestrians are walking on the sidewalk in front of several multi-storied brick buildings.
Taken between 1907 (start of E. C. Kropp Co.) and 1912 (brick streets). Postcard #394

100 N. Benton
102 N. Benton
104 N. Benton
106 N. Benton
108 N. Benton
110 N. Benton
112 N. Benton
114 N. Benton Whitson's Hardware
116 N. Benton
118 N.…

Circa 1900 black and white photograph of two buildings on Johnson Street, the old Woodstock Courthouse and the Sheriff's Residence and jail in Woodstock, Illinois.
Sheriff's House (1887) and Courthouse in winter before the addition on the north end (1903) and south end (1904) were built. In 1898 the building trim was repainted according to Nancy Baker.

Buildings on Throop Street behind the Sheriff's House…

1938 black and white photograph of the train depot in Woodstock, Illinois.  A few people can be seen waiting for a train and there are a few 1930 era automobiles parked near the depot.
Taken from the train platform, the photo shows a nearly empty platform and depot. A neon sign shows the Northwestern logo and Woodstock on the depot roof. Western Union has an office inside the station. The billboards to the left advertise Ford and…

Black and white photograph of small  leafless trees and a wooden church building located on the corner of Jackson and Throop Streets in Woodstock, Illinois.
200 W. Jackson
Corner of Jackson & Throop
Listed as First Baptist Church in the 1914 City Directory

101 N. Throop now is on this location

"The present Baptist church was erected in 1866, being located at the corner of Jackson and Throop…
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