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Church


St. Pius X Church

31st Avenue at 24th Street From the air, it looks like a child’s snow angel.  From street level it is surprising delicate, with its pleated roof and many stained glass … [ Continued


Christian Science Church 23rd Street

829 23rd Street (817 23rd Street) The Christian Science religion started by Mary Baker Eddy in Boston is of fairly recent origin.  The official founding of the church as we … [ Continued


United Presbyterian / Wayman AME Church

Third Avenue & 14th  Street  This is one of a series of postcards depicting local churches that was published by the Rock Island Postcard Company early in the twentieth century.  … [ Continued


Downtown, Looking Southeast

Once again, thanks are due to Shannon Hall for lending us a most intriguing Real Photo postcard of the buildings and rooftops of downtown Rock Island.  The presence of certain … [ Continued


Zion Lutheran Church (St. John’s)

4501 7th Avenue Zion Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church – the name is a real tongue twister, especially considering that its founders’ native tongue was Swedish.  The congregation was formed in … [ Continued


First Church of Christ, Scientist (Karpeles Museum)

700 22nd Street This postcard shows a building that doesn’t look like a typical church – no steeple, bell tower or figural stained glass windows – but it is characteristic … [ Continued


Buford Mansion, Word of Life Church

When wealthy Kentuckian Charles Buford brought his wife, Lucy Marshall Buford, and their ten children to Rock Island in 1853, he didn’t waste any time.  They had come from near … [ Continued


Broadway Presbyterian Church

700 23rd Street In the early days of Stephenson, as Rock Island was then known, there was a single Presbyterian congregation, which didn’t even have its own church building.  By … [ Continued