Friedrich, the hall on the second floor (which later was to serve as the Times newsroom) reportedly was used by the KKK for recruiting socials. In the early 1920s, when the Daily Times was owned by Ku Klux Klan Grand Titan Oscar W. Other businesses and organizations also occupied the Zerwekh Building during this time, such as the Masonic Lodge and Noel Funeral Home (antecedent of Henderson Funeral Home), as well as attorneys and insurance agents.įor a while a vaudeville theater operated in the space that later would become the office of Times owner and publisher F.F.
2013.Īfter Albert Zerwekh’s death, his two sons carried on the business for another two or three decades. The building was demolished six years ago, in Oct. In 1905-1906, however, the Daily Times relocated to a newly-built structure adjacent and attached to the Zerwekh Building.Ī lost landmark of downtown Pekin, the Old Times Building - originally the Zerwekh Building - was the home of the Pekin Daily Times from 1906 to 2012. All five of Pekin’s papers were located on Court Street, and the home of the Daily Times was at 405 Court Street (which more recently was the address of Timothies Interiors). Fourth Street.Īt the time the Zerwekh Building was erected, the Pekin Daily Times was just one of five newspapers that were based in Pekin. Albert Zerwekh (1859-1908) established himself as a successful baker, and in the early 1890s he built the Zerwekh Building to house his bakery and confectionary at 20 S. In the “From the History Room” column, we recalled how the Zerwerkh family came from Württemberg (now in Germany) and settled in Pekin around 1861.
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The Times Building was longtime a landmark in downtown Pekin, while the new home of the Daily Times is a much newer structure built in 1989 by Rick Woith, recently retired owner of Rick’s TV and Appliances. This week we’ll take a look back at the history of the Pekin Daily Times newspaper and of the buildings where the Daily Times has been located since 1906. This is an updated version of a “From the Local History Room” column that first appeared in August 2012 before the launch of this weblog.Ĭhanging Times: a look back at the Old Times building
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