New Post Office – Federal Building
19th – 20th Streets; 2nd – 3rd Avenues Postcards from Home typically tells about buildings a century or so old. Too often, the subject has been demolished leaving only pictures to document its existence. Even when a building is still standing, its current appearance often is different from the postcard illustration. Today’s postcard from the … [ Continued
Old Rock Island Post Office
Second Avenue & 16th Street Rock Island had a post office before we even had a town. Starting in 1825, Colonel George Davenport’s small trading post on the island was where the small amount of mail was received and sent. Col. Davenport’s commission reportedly appointed him postmaster of Rock Island, Missouri. By 1834, the first … [ Continued
“New” City Hall
This 1945 postcard, published for Hickey Brothers Cigar Stores, shows the beautiful new Art Deco style building on the corner of 16th Street and Third Avenue that was dedicated in 1941, as a home for City Hall and the Police Department. This corner had been the site of city government for decades, as the city … [ Continued
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot
Foot of 17th Street NOTE: The pictured postcard is not the one originally featured with this article. From its earliest days, Rock Island was a city of railroads. With the railroads came their stations or depots, both for freight and passengers. The earliest stations were modest, utilitarian structures, but later ones were notable for their … [ Continued
