Source: Rockford Republic April 1, 1918 p.3
billiard room

The Lewis Branch 208 South Main
Verdi Club – new club building – 1930
University Club – Leases Forbes home
1939-40 architect for remodel of home to club: Willis Hubbard
University Club officers” Walter R. Shafer, Jr., President; Francis Hickey, secretary; Paul Stitch, treasurer, Francis Thayer, vice-president; Dr. F.L. Heinemeyer, K.L. Finkenstaedt, Harold Wolcott, Dave Connolly, John C. Stafford and Upton Bartlett, members of the board of directors.
Source: Rockford Morning Star 11/30/1939