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The residence of Leander J. Young was one of the houses featured in the Woodstock Sentinel's Special Edition December 19, 1901. The entire newspaper was devoted to promoting the idea that Woodstock was a special, and successful, place to live and do…

St John's Lutheran church had moved to Seminary Avenue and Bohn's Ace hardware used the building for storage. On December 31, 1989 the church on the corner of Calhoun and Jefferson streets burned to the ground. This photo was taken early on New…

The Odd Fellows Temple was built in 1906 on the southeast corner of E. Jackson St at the corner of S. Jefferson. This postcard emphasizes the brick with a bright red color. The adjacent Sherman Block is colored yellow while its crenelated tower is…

The Odd Fellows Temple was built in 1906 at the corner of E. Jackson and Jefferson Streets. Other social organizations shared the building as did the post office (see ID 161). It was demolished 1983 to make room for the expansion of the State Bank of…

Three painted brick buildings on Jefferson St. back up to the Square. The McConnell Country Realty, 108 S. Jefferson, takes up the two right portions. A. B. McConnell specialized in country estates and farms according to his ad in the 1972 phone…

Jim Keefe’s Tour of Woodstock 1972

These proof sheets are photos Jim Keefe took in 1972. There are additional color photos in the Keefe Slides in History Photos. The new Government Center was being built on N. Seminary. City Hall was going to…

Buildings on the west side of Jefferson St with back doors to businesses on the the Square.

The front addresses would be on N. Benton:
112 Harpo's Dugout Tap (basement entry from the Square) has signs for Old Milwaukee America's Light Beer and …

Taken the same time as the construction of the addition to the State Bank of Woodstoc, this photo shows the businesses on N. Jefferson St. behind the Square.

108 S. Jefferson: Home Federal Savings Bank of Elgin
114 S. Jefferson

J. Dennis Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Corner of Jefferson and E. Jackson

The Presbyterians built a frame church on the corner of Church and Jefferson in 1848 (hence the name Church Street). In 1856 they sold the building to the German Presbyterians who moved it to Queen Anne Prairie. That same year they built this brick…

The Dacy Lumber Company purchased the Presbyterian Church on Church & Jefferson and removed the front entrance and steeple. It was used for storage.

This photo is labeled "Sight [sic] of Dacy Lumber-corner Church and Jefferson about 1920s" while…

The site of the first religious edifice in Woodstock, the Presbyterian Church, organized Feb. 23, 1846.
Presented by Kishwaukee Trail Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1962.

This plaque was on the Jefferson St side of the grocery…

The next photo in the series covering the demolition of the first church and Dacy Lumber Company is not clear enough to enlarge to the 5x7 format. The roof has been removed and the steeple is toppling.

This view is from N. Jefferson

Third in the series of the demoltion of the first church and Dacy Lumber Company buildings to make room for the National Tea grocery store on the corner of Church & Jefferson.

The large shed and the old house are gone revealing a small shed with…

Second in the series documenting the demolition of the first church in Woodstock on Church & Jefferson Streets. This shows the church front and south façade. A large covered shed used by Dacy Lumber Company for storing lumber is the first building to…

First in a series covering the demolition of the first church built in Woodstock that was being used for storage by Dacy Lumber company. A National Tea Company grocery store was built on the site with 220 N. Jefferson as the address.

The church…

The intersection of E. Jackson and Jefferson streets, E.L. Bakkom's Hardware was located at 101-109 S. Jefferson.
An International Harvestor sign hangs on the corner of the building.Bakkom's Hardware building is the southernmost commercial building…

A companion to 'Aerial Photo Looking North From Railroad Tracks 1950' this aerial photo shows the Square from the railroad tracks, southwest on South Street to Woodstock High School, southeast Dean street to about Kimball, northwest to West Judd and…
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