Celebrate our 42nd Anniversary with us!
At 10,000 square feet, SSMS brings together more than 30 unique shops and artisans offering ever-changing selections of furniture, antiques, decorative finds, hand-crafted designs, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, collectibles, new and vintage apparel, loose leaf teas, Fiesta Tableware, and an endless array of curiosities.
State Street Market Shops is open Tuesday - Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 11 to 5.
Articles Celebrating our Past
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State Street Market Shops celebrates 42 years, and our historic building celebrates 100 years!
The Kienzle Brothers built their factory at 701 N State Street in 1923 where they made interior woodwork, store and office fixtures, screens, storm sash, and other woodwork.
John Kienzle, one of the Kienzle Brothers, owned the house at 309 Wing Park Blvd. that was a showpiece for the Kienzle Brothers and many other Elgin merchants. The house appeared on the Gifford Park Association house tours in 1990 and 2013.
May 14, 1982
State Street Market Shops celebrates 42 years! This article appeared in the The Courier-News on May 14, 1982-- shortly after we opened. (zoom on in to read the article.) Special callout to a couple of wonderful shop owners named in this article that are still here! Phyllis Oleson and Karen Pullman.
March 29, 1992
Next in our series of articles celebrating State Street Market's past, this one from 1992 celebrates our 10th anniversary! Our matriarch Sally Farmer is in the front row.
March 2002
Celebrating State Street Market's past as we look to the future, here is an article from 2002 celebrating our 20th anniversary! Sally said it then and it's still true today: "Each shop is individually owned, and each shop has its own unique personality because of its own owners". Thank you, Sally, for an amazing 42 years. We look forward to seeing what the next 42 bring!
March 9, 2012
Continuing our series of articles celebrating State Street Market is this article from 2012 celebrating our 30th anniversary! Managers Sally and Colleen featured in the article are retiring this year, but they've left State Street poised for another 42 years!
