Central Book & Toy Store

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

Of Pekin’s remaining historic downtown storefronts, perhaps Hamm’s Furniture’s high-peaked façade at 347-351 Court...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back over the...

Though Pekin has already lost much of the buildings lining its Courthouse Square, and...

This is a revised and expanded version of a “From the Local History Room”...