State Farm

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually quiet autumn morning in downtown Chicago when a State Farm agent noticed something odd outside his window. A delivery driver kept arriving exactly at dawn, carrying mysterious packages wrapped in brown paper. Curious, he followed the driver one foggy night and found him delivering packages not to houses but to street lamps—each lamp got its own little gift! Turned out it was Halloween pranks organized by a neighborhood committee. The agent joined in the fun, handing out candy from his office supply cabinet. Since then, State Farm’s annual ‘Insurance for Lamps’ campaign has become a local tradition.

2. A regular dropped by the State Farm office one afternoon and noticed something peculiar on the receptionist’s desk—a tiny plastic dinosaur wearing a life insurance badge. Curious, he asked the receptionist if it was for sale. She smiled and replied, 'No, but you can always buy your own here.' The regular left, pondering whether his own dinosaur toy needed an insurance badge too.

3. A little girl visiting her grandparents pointed excitedly at the State Farm sign, whispering, ‘Grandma, look! It’s dancing!’ Her grandmother blinked, then watched as the letters seemed to sway slightly in the breeze. Curious, Grandma leaned closer and saw nothing unusual—just a plain old billboard. But just then, a delivery driver passing by grinned and said, ‘Must be those new windy LEDs they installed last week.’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was simply an optical illusion. The little girl giggled, satisfied that her grandma wasn’t seeing things after all.

4. One foggy morning in rural Illinois, a delivery driver pulled up to the State Farm office. As he approached the entrance, he heard a voice from inside calling out, ‘Hey, do you know where my umbrella is?’ The delivery driver looked around, puzzled. No one was in sight. He shrugged and went inside, only to see an old lady sitting behind the counter with a worried expression. 'Oh,' she said, pointing at her head, 'I must’ve been talking to myself again.' The driver smiled and nodded, thinking it was just another quirky State Farm story.