Jared L. Olar

In the past century and a half, several bridges have spanned the Illinois River...

With its fine, historic marble façade, the Kriegsman Dunn law office at 417-419 Court...

The story of 408 Court St. begins about 1870, when German immigrant John P....

Although Pekin voted to incorporate as a city in 1849, Pekin had no literal...

Rivalling if not surpassing the Hamm’s Building for the title of most attractive and...

In the Pekin Public Library’s Local History room collection is a copy of Pekin...

Long a pillar of Pekin’s community life, the Pekin YWCA at 315 Buena Vista...

The customers of First Pekin Savings Bank, 532 Court St., can read the bank’s...

By Jared L. Olar, Local History Program Coordinator, and Linda Mace, Library assistant One...

Pekinites of an older generation will remember the building at 525-527 Court St. as...