Broadway Historic District

National Register of Historic Places 1998 - Rock Island, Illinois


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News and Upcoming Events

School Information

There have been many questions about Rock Island's Building Excellence plan, and enrollment at the new elementary school on the Villa site. Check out the school district's website at rockislandschools.org to learn more about upcoming informational sessions and other important data.

Chippianock Cemetary Cleanup

Over 110 trees were uprooted or broken in the severe storms from July 21st. You can help with the volunteer clean-up effort scheduled for Saturday, August 9. Details will be forthcoming in local newspapers, but if you need more information, please feel free to call the cemetery office at 309-788-6622. We are asking volunteers to drag branches and debris to the cemetery’s roadsides, but please leave your chainsaws at home.

Should You Think Twice about Replacement Windows?

Click Here to read an excellent article on windows by John Dreher. There may be more than just aesthetic reasons to maintain the original windows in your historic home!

Summer's here,

Check out the latest homes in the Taking Pride section of the website. 6 new homes are featured for their improvements and beautification of the neighborhood.

Gallery of Renovation

One of the most popular pages on our web-site has been the gallery of before-after photos, showing many of the restorations completed in the last 20 years. While we no longer have the 20th Anniversary Page on the website, we have created a permanent link to this gallery. Click Here or follow the link at the top of each page.

Volunteers Needed for Grand Prix!

The largest Go Kart Street Race in the world is coming to downtown Rock Island August 30-31. It's a great family event, but they also need volunteers to assist with the event. Click Here to view the Volunteer Signup Sheet.

Great Unveiling a Great Success!

Click Here to View photos from the 2008 Great Unveiling of 824 20th Street and 820 22nd Street.

Follow the progress of the Jackson House Restoration! Resident Diane Oestreich will be tracking this project with a series of articles in The Rock Island Argus, the first of which appeared Sunday, April 13. Click Here to view the articles.

Board Meeting
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Thursday, August 21
6:30 pm

See the agenda HERE.

Broadway E-Broadcast is Here

In an effort to improve communication and promote the neighborhood, we have started sending an email newsletter. But we need your email address! Please Click Here to send us your email address to be included on our mailing list. Don't worry - your address will be kept strictly confidential and used only for the newsletter.

Check out this Video!

Check out a 12 minute video on the Quad City Times website at http://www.qctimes.tv/p/?section=video&id=1982666.

This "Neighborhood Profile" includes interviews with several Broadway residents, and some wonderful historical photos and current video of the neighborhood. Check it out by clicking on the link above!

Take a Step Back in Time

The Broadway Historic District is a 19th century neighborhood in the heart of Rock Island, Illinois. This revitalized residential area is known for its vintage homes, exciting preservation efforts, and front porch socializing.

The neighborhood is located near Rock Island’s thriving arts-and-entertainment district and Mississippi River. Residents and visitors enjoy close proximity to parks, bike paths, schools, and shopping.

The Broadway area has earned a reputation for its architecture and neighborhood events. It was awarded the status of National Historic District in 1998 and has been recognized in Midwest Living and This Old House magazines. Hundreds of people attend the neighborhood’s annual Tour of Homes, where beautifully restored Victorian era homes are open to visitors.

Come learn more about the history of Rock Island and the Broadway District, and what makes this such a great place to live!

Cindy and I (I'm webmaster Daryl Empen)) have been working on 830 22nd Street for 4 years now after restoring another home just around the corner for 9 years (921 21st Street). Luckily, the inside mostly needed some paint and wall repairs, so most of our focus has been on the exterior. With 100 years of paint, and much of it falling off, we've slowly been stripping the clapboard and trim on each side, one year at a time. We've been taking it down to the bare wood to hopefully make this current paint job last longer, and to remove the lead paint (plus, our boys will hopefully be teenagers when it needs repainting, and can help!). We're currently having a new roof put on, and a new sidewalk should also be completed this summer. Other than that, we pride ourselves on doing the work ourselves, including the backyard fence, and all landscaping. Walk by some day, and you may see me up on a ladder, stripping away (the paint, that is!). This year, I'll be on the south side.

We hope you like the newly designed web-site. If you have ideas for additions to the site, or changes you would like to see made, please email us at webmaster1@broadwaydistrict.org. We want to know what you think, and make this web-site as useful as possible.

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