Jared L. Olar

As Pekin continues its Bicentennial events throughout this year, the Pekin Public...

By Linda Mace, Library assistant (retired),and Jared L. Olar, Local History Program...

Since the latter 1990s, the 515 Court St. building has been the...

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

With its fine, historic marble façade, the Kriegsman Dunn law office at...

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

Although Pekin voted to incorporate as a city in 1849, Pekin had...

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

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

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

The customers of First Pekin Savings Bank, 532 Court St., can read...

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