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Rockford Business College was founded in 1862. It moved several times before settling into the Stewart Building in 1892 at 113, 115 and 117 S. Main Street. This photograph shows one of the coed classrooms in that building. The college still exists…

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Thomas Chick purchased the Griggs House Hotel and started the Chick House Hotel in 1888 at the corner of Main and Elm Streets. This photograph looks north up Main Street. Rockford Business College occupied the D. J. Stewart building right next door…

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With a streetcar in the center of the dirt road, H. H. Waldo and Rockford Business College can be seen on the left, and a dry goods store is on the right.

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A view looking at the block from the northwest side of the intersection of West State and Main Streets with Rockford Insurance Company on the corner (right). For an additional depiction, see photo 2011.1.85.

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With a streetcar in the center of the dirt road, Rockford Business College can be seen on the left, 306-310 West State Street. For an additional view, see photo 83.45.112.

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With a streetcar in the center of the dirt road, Rockford Business College can be seen on the left, 306-310 West State Street. This photograph has a large missing piece in the upper right portion. For additional views, see photos 83.45.111 and…

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This photograph shows the Chick House Hotel (left) next to the D. J. Stewart and Co. building housing Rockford Business College.
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