Source: American Manufactured Furniture, 1988.
Rockford Desk Co.
Rockford Desk Co.; Union Furniture Co., ads – June 1915
Source: St. Louis Furniture News, June 1915, page 12
“Furniture Building of Year” – 1906
Source: Rockford Daily Republic March 14, 1906
“Rockford Bids for Furniture Lead at Shows” – 1936
Source: Rockford Morning Star, January 5, 1936
Source: Rockford Morning Star, January 5, 1936
Rockford Desk Co. – May 1925
Source: Rockford Furniture Herald May 1925
Rockford Desk Co. – March 1925
Rockford Desk Co. – Feb 1925
Rockford Desk Co. – 1904
Rockford Furniture Map (1925)
Skandia Furniture Co. – Superior Sleeprite Co. – Gannon
Sinnissippi Greenhouse in foreground
The building in rear with water tower, was originally Skandia Furniture Co., built 1889. It was sold in 1942 to the Superior Sleeprite Co. of Chicago, who manufactured beds and bedroom furniture. In 1952 Superior Sleeprite went out of business. The next owner was Edward P. Gannon, who named the five factory buildings the Industrial Associates Building, and these included the Gannon Manufacturing Co. and also Rockford Desk Co.. The factory building were razed at a later date.
The actual newspaper article refers to a Landscaping project that beautified the north end of the manufacturing plants. A storage building sits at the north end of the plant that previously was used for oils and lacquers. The ditch separating the properties carries considerable water along the railroad track spur on the river side and sometimes floods the park districts greenhouse. Source: Rockford Morning Star, Apr. 13, 1955