Photos: Inside the historic Elks Club in downtown Rockford

August 29, 2025|By Kevin Haas|In 815 News, Rockford, Trending, Business/development, Photo Gallery, Rock River Current, News
A stained glass window on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Elks Lodge No. 64 on Jefferson Street in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Photos by Kevin Haas
Rock River Current
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ROCKFORD — A pair of historic masonry restoration experts toured the Elks Lodge No. 64 on Friday to conduct a pro bono assessment of the historic but deteriorating structure.

Bulley & Andrews Masonry Restoration is preparing a report on the condition of the roof and the masonry of the 113-year-old building. They’ll also make recommendations on potential ways to stabilize any issues. That follows up on another pro bono assessment done by Brush Architects, which had concluded the building is deteriorated but salvageable for restoration.

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Owner Mark McInnis allowed us to tag along on the tour and capture images of the inside of the building, 210 W. Jefferson St.

Here’s a look inside.

John Piotrowski, project manager for Bulley & Andrews Masonry Restoration, walks through the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A former bowling alley in the basement of the Elks Lodge No. 64 is shown on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The ballroom of the former Elks Lodge No. 64 on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, on Jefferson Street in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A piano sits in the ballroom of the historic former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The inside of the ballroom of the historic former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks logo is at the center of a stained-glass window on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the former Elks Club in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The first floor of the former Elks Lodge No. 64 on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Steel columns and beams on the top level of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The first floor of the former Elks Lodge No. 64 on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Arched windows are a signature detail of the former Elks Club, shown on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A first-floor room of the former Elks Lodge No. 64 on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, on Jefferson Street in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A stairway leads to an upstairs bar and ballroom, past a stained glass window, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the former Elks Club in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The third-level ballroom of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A stained-glass window is viewed from the third level of the historic former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The wallpaper at the historic former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The basement of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Mark McInnis, owner of the former Elks Club, leads masonry experts through the basement of the building on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The basement of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The third level of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The grand ballroom of the former Elks Club as seen from the balcony level on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The Times Theater seen through the window of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Mark McInnis talks with Josh Freedland and John Piotrowski of Bully & Andrews Masonry Restoration on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Elks Lodge No. 64 in Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A door to the top level of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A partially exposed brick wall on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the former Elks Club in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A globe in a first-level room of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A stained glass window on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Elks Lodge No. 64 on Jefferson Street in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A bar on the second story of the Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The back of the ballroom on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the former Elks Club in Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The roof in a first-floor building connected to the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A hole in the roof of a first-floor building connected to the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A view of the Rockford Public Library from the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A first-floor room of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Quinn Adamowski of Landmark Illinois looks over the grand ballroom of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The bar at the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Representatives of Landmarks Illinois and Bulley & Andrews Masonry Restoration look over a first-floor room of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
A first-floor room of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
Jennifer McInnis talks with Joshua Freedland of Bulley & Andrews Masonry Restoration on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the former Elks Club in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The bar area of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The view toward Main Street from the second story of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
The bowling lanes in the basement of the former Elks Club on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in downtown Rockford. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)

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