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…
A brick factory building is in ruins after being destroyed by fire. Only the smokestack remains largely intact. A Rockford Railway trolley is off to the side with several people viewing the damage. The name of the structure and its location are…