1874-1930 owned by Wm Fletcher Barnes 1930 – 1936 by Amy Barnes Pierce Lane, 1937 – [2011] by Rockford Park District
Source: 1902 Rockford, Illinois by O.B. Wheat
house at bottom of this 1928 Sanborn fire insurance map is the Barnes house
Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
Museum of Natural History Boathouse
Source: 1968 Rockford City Directory