Garfield not listed in any city directories before 1911 when the first three residents built on the 800 block.
Source: 1916 Rockford City Directory
804 Garfield Ave.
804 Garfield Ave. – built 1914
photos: Jan Carter, 10/4/2013
Source: Jan Carter 10/4/2013
first resident: Edward D Roberts and wife Lulu, collector D R Mead and Co., 1914 – 1921
second resident: 1921 Arthur Richardson, wife Eva
third resident: Lula Roberts, 1922-1923 and with J H Van Der Meer, and wife Hallie, presumably a boarder or relative, manager of the Brunswick Shop, 1924
fourth residents (s): Mrs. T R Van Der Meer and R H Kenyon, a foreman at Mechanic Machine Co., 1925
fifth resident(s): Mrs. T. R. Brown (Jennie) and R H Kenigon/Kenyon, 1926, 1927, 1928
