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Walgreen Drug Store, 134 North Main Street. Charles R. Walgreen, Sr. a native of Dixon, Illinois would move to Chicago in 1893 in pursuit of opening a pharmacy. He would achieve his goal in 1901, by 1919 he operated 20 stores and in 1929 there was 525 Walgreen stores.n 1969 Rockford Dry Goods was succeeded by The Rockford Store. After being a retail anchor for on State and Main for ninety six years the store closed in 1974. The building would survive for another ten years but by 1983 it was mostly vacant.