Briggs House Hotel

Lodi’s first Hotel, the Briggs House, was built on this block in 1848. Isaac Palmer gave two lots to Freedom Simons in exchange for building and operating a hotel. Simons began construction in 1848 and was living in the unfinished hotel by the next winter. The hotel changed hands - and names - several times before the name Briggs House stuck. The Briggs House was conveniently located with many attractions nearby, including a vibrant downtown business district, a tavern at the end of Sodders Street, and a carriage shop and blacksmith on the same block. The Briggs House burned down in 1913.