MOVERS & SHAKERS

Many of Broadway’s homes were custom built for people who had professional or managerial occupations in nearby downtown Rock Island. Newspaper publisher Minnie Potter, attorney Edward Sweeney, brewer Robert Wagner, and department store owners Frank Young and William McCombs are just a few. Working class folk like locksmith Charles Fiebig lived here, too. And while each home is an architectural gem, the associations with these early, important residents are equally compelling. Some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs of the time lived right here in Broadway. These are the people who created the Rock Island community.

To see or hear more detail about each building, you can click on the map number, the building photograph or the address menu. To download a map to take on the Broadway Movers & Shakers tour, please click on the map. Adobe Reader is necessary to print the map.