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Benson Stone Company was established in Rockford, Illinois, in 1930 by Martin O. Benson, a Swedish immigrant, and his son, M. Howard Benson. The company is now a fourth generation family business. In the beginning, the company was primarily a cut stone fabrication facility producing Indiana limestone building stone. Since that time, the company's product offerings have expanded to include furniture and home décor, all types of building and landscaping stone and brick, granite and marble, fireplaces, barbecue grills, and gift items. In 2001, the company moved into its current location at 1100 Eleventh Street in Rockford. The new office and showroom are housed in the former Rockford Standard Furniture factory. The building, which was built in 1886, was a cornerstone of Rockford's booming furniture manufacturing industry in the early 1900s. Benson Stone Company, which has been located one block away for the past 70 years, has restored the building, exposing the original structure with its massive wooden post-and-beam construction and maple hardwood flooring. The new location provides Benson Stone Company with the space needed to display the Midwest's largest selection of furniture, fireplaces, wood stoves, patio furniture, barbecue grills, landscape supplies, building stone and brick, and marble and granite countertops.