Built Around a Rogue River Sawmill in the 1840s
Smith Lapham arrived in Kent County in 1843 and finished a dam and sawmill on the Rogue River in 1844; the settlement, first known as Laphamville, had about five houses by the fall of 1845 and was platted in 1856 by William Thornton.
Bathrooms From a Gradual, Multi-Era Build-Out
Because Rockford grew in stages -- mill settlement, platted village, railroad village -- its housing stock includes several generations of original bathroom layout and plumbing standard, so a remodel plan benefits from knowing which era a given home's fixtures actually belong to.
Bathroom Remodel Project Paths in Rockford
Full bathroom remodelsWalk-in showersTub-to-shower conversionsTile and waterproofingAccessible bathrooms
Remodeling a Rockford Bathroom
A Rockford bathroom remodel usually starts by placing the home within the town's mill-to-railroad growth history.