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09/14/2026

Then & Now: The: Moline Plow Company

This postcard shows the Moline Plow Company, one of the great manufacturers that helped shape Moline and earn the city its reputation as an agricultural manufacturing center. The company began making plows in the 1860s and was incorporated as the Moline Plow Company in 1870. For generations, its factories along the riverfront produced plows, cultivators, tractors and other farm equipment before the company eventually became part of Minneapolis-Moline.

Today, it’s hard to imagine those factories standing where John Deere Commons is located. The riverfront was transformed in the 1990s as Moline began redeveloping its old industrial district. John Deere Commons was completed in 1997, with the John Deere Pavilion becoming its centerpiece and celebrating the agricultural heritage that helped build the city.

Today the John Deere Pavilion is a central hub for MetroLink, serves as a gathering place for community events year round, and is the location of the very popular Johnny's Italian Steakhouse.

09/10/2026

Then & Now: Mills Chevrolet

This postcard shows Mills Chevrolet at 16th Street and John Deere Road in Moline, sometime after the dealership moved there in 1967. Mills Chevrolet began in downtown Moline in 1952 and spent about 15 years there before relocating to this much larger site. The dealership remained a familiar fixture along John Deere Road for nearly five decades.

Mills Chevrolet eventually left Moline in 2016, relocating to Davenport. The former dealership property was redeveloped as SouthPark Pointe, transforming the old auto dealership into a mix of retail, restaurant, medical and office space.

Today, the site looks considerably different. Jersey Mike's, UnityPoint Health and several other businesses occupy the property, along with a newer building that includes a FedEx Office and Ginza Hibachi and ramen. What was once a sprawling Chevrolet dealership filled with cars and giant light poles is now a much more typical commercial center along John Deere Road.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day! I hope your families are enjoying the day off of work, and hopefully you'll be at one of the many parades the Quad Cities has to offer.

To mix it up a little, I thought I'd share some pictures of parades in Moline from over 100 years ago. A few of these are from July 4th parades along 15th Street and 5th Avenue. Others are on the corner on 16th St and 6th Avenue, near where city hall is today.

09/03/2026

Then & Now: Ericcson School

Originally opened in 1873 to serve Moline’s rapidly growing Swedish immigrant population, Ericsson Elementary School stood for over a century as a vital anchor for today's Floreciente neighborhood. In 1956 the school expanded with the construction of a large, detached gymnasium.

By 1969, the original 19th-century schoolhouse was demolished due to structural aging, but the modern gymnasium was intentionally spared and physically integrated into a brand-new brick facility completed in 1970. The location of the originally school is now a parking lot for the new school that was built alongside it.

This updated campus served generations of local children for another 45 years until the school district permanently closed the facility in 2015 as part of a city-wide consolidation plan. Though its days as a public school came to an end, the building escaped the wrecking ball and was adaptively reused. For a short time the structure was the Esperanza Center, a community outreach hub and legal center.

In 2024, The Gathering purchased the building and have updated the building inside and out. The Gathering QC also leases out space to Project NOW, Inc. so that they can use the facility for their Head Start programs. The Gathering regularly partners with the Florciente Neighborhood Association for yearly back-to-school supplies and a yearly Easter Egg Hunts.

The name, shape, and mission of this location have changed over the years, but it proudly carries forward Ericsson’s 140-year legacy of welcoming and supporting neighborhood families.

08/31/2026

Then & Now: Homewood Evangelical Free Church

Built in 1965, this postcard shows The Homewood Evangelical Free Church, which has been a part of the community for over sixty years.

When the church was first built, the area was difficult to get to. Members would have to hike through the woods and ravines to get to the church.

The sanctuary was built in in 1975, and in 1998 the Family Life center was added to the building. If you look closely at the “before” and “after” photos, you can see where the original chapel is, and how much the building has expanded since it was originally constructed.

08/27/2026

Then & Now: Missions Tabernaklet

You may have driven by this old church on 10th Street and 5th Avenue and thought, "what's the story with that building?"

The First Mission Covenant Church of Moline was organized on February 28, 1876 under the name "The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gustav Adolphus Church of Moline, Ill."

On July 28, 1890 the Congregation joined the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America. The decided to build a new sanctuary and on December 9, 1900, this building was dedicated. The building cost an estimated $12,000 to construct. This new building became known as the "Swedish Mission Tabernacle," which it kept until 1936 when the Congregation was renamed to the First Mission Covenant Church of Moline.

Originally all services were exclusively in Swedish, until 1944 when the the Sunday School began teaching in English.

In 1968 the Congregation relocated to their current location on 41st Street.

Since then the building has been used by a number of faith communities, including the River City Fellowship Church and the Quad Cities Vineyard Christian Fellowship.

The building is currently owned by a private owner.

08/26/2026

I'm grateful to Texas Roadhouse for seeing the potential that we all know is here in Moline. We're blessed with a great city staff who help make deals like this work out.

Making this site work involved members of multiple departments (Community & Economic Development, Finance, Legal, Utilities, and Engineering) just to make sure everything was aligned to get us there. Having departments that work together for a common goal is part of what makes Moline great.

I'll see you all at the ribbon cutting!

08/24/2026

Then & Now: Wharton Field House

It’s easy to look at an old postcard like this and see just another Moline building. But Wharton Field House has seen a lot since it opened in 1928. For generations, this was a place where the whole community gathered for high school basketball, professional basketball, wrestling, concerts, high school graduations, and just about anything else that could fill the seats.

The Tri-Cities Blackhawks played here in the late 1940s and early 1950s, helping launch what would eventually become today's Atlanta Hawks . Decades later, professional basketball returned when the Quad City Thunder made Wharton their home from 1987 to 1993. But basketball was only part of the story. The building hosted wrestling for decades, including stars like Gorgeous George, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, while musicians and entertainers ranging from Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Chuck Berry to The Byrds, Bill Haley & His Comets and Jack Benny took the stage. So when you look at this old postcard, you're looking at more than a gym, you're looking at a place where generations of Quad Citians came to watch, cheer, dance, sing and be entertained.

Today Wharton Fieldhouse, along with the adjoining Browning Field, is owned by the Moline Coal Valley School District and is used for school sporting events like football, basketball, and volleyball.

What are your memories of this unique piece of Moline history?

08/20/2026

Then & Now: 5th Avenue looking west.

These two postcards show the same area of town during different eras. One was taken before the Moline Trust & Savings Bank building (currently the Chase Bank building) was constructed, and the other after. They both show a vibrant downtown.

The north side of the street was demolished decades ago and redeveloped as the Heritage Building. Most of the buildings on the south side, however, are still there.

08/17/2026

Then & Now: The Moline Turners

This postcard shows The Moline Turners. The building itself has an interesting history. Before becoming the home of the Moline Turners, it was part of Oakwood Country Club, a golf club that began as the nine-hole Fair Acres course in 1923. Oakwood became a country club in 1929 and operated on the east side of Moline until its property was displaced by construction of I-74.

In 1970, the Moline Turners purchased the former Oakwood Country Club lounge and swimming-pool facility, using proceeds from the sale of their longtime downtown Turner Hall. The Turners had been a major Moline institution since their founding in 1866, promoting gymnastics, athletics, social activities and physical education.

The move was an attempt to give the aging organization a new lease on life, but it ultimately wasn't enough. Membership continued to decline, and the Moline Turners disbanded in 1983.

Today, the building remains associated with physical activity as Next Level Fitness QC .

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