Rockford’s Briggs Mansion was built in 1863 in the Italianate style featuring six European-style marble fireplaces, 12-foot high ceilings and curved windows that stand 10-feet tall.
It was built by Chester C. Briggs, a banker, real estate broker, noted abolitionist, founder of an anti-slavery newspaper, and before moving to Rockford, Briggs was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad that helped free enslaved people in the United States…