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Real estate appraisal card. 227 E. 1st Street, block 23, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1886 and 1888. The 1903-04 city directory listed four persons living at this address. Two women living here were: Mrs. Helen Hinds, for whom no occupation was listed, and Mrs. Minnie E. Hull, an owner of Hull & Wise, a newsstand and cigar store. Also living here were Louis H. Ashenfelter, a helper for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, ...
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Real estate appraisal card. 148 E. 1st Street, lots 23-26, block 4, in Salida, Colorado. This lot was shown as vacant on Sanborn maps of 1886 and 1888. The 1890 Sanborn map indicated that the western section of the building was "being built." The building is shown on the 1893 map, with a meat store furthest west, a boot and shoe store in the center, and a millinery on the east end. Center stairs led to the upper story. The 1904 Sanborn map showed...
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Real estate appraisal card. 200 E. 1st, lots 15 & 16, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This card is mislabeled as 304 1st Street. The eastern part of this building appears to have been erected on or before 1926, as it appears in a 1926 photograph. The 1929 Sanborn map labels it a store. The 1930-31 city directory lists Waggoner's Tire Shop, operated by Ray S. and Harry E. Waggoner, at this address. The 1945 Sanborn map shows two buildings: a filling...
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Real estate appraisal card. 139 W. 1st Street, lots 9 & 10, block 21, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected about 1890. The Sanborn fire insurance map for that year indicates the "foundation in for business block" at this site. The 1893 map shows this building. In 1893 and 1898, the west half of this building was vacant and the east portion housed a job printing business. In 1904, a theater occupied the west part and a bowling alley the...
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Real estate appraisal card. 142 W. 1st Street, lot 18, block 5, in Salida, Colorado. According to Sanborn fire insurance maps, the western half of this building (number 142) was constructed between 1898 and 1904. The eastern half (number 140) was built in 1908, according to a list of principal improvements published by the Salida Mail in January 1909. The 1904 Sanborn map shows the western part with a grocery store on the first floor and a one-story...
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Real estate appraisal card. 204 E. 1st Street, lots 14 & 15, block 3, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 214 E. 1st Street, lot 17, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This terrace was erected in 1899 at a cost of $4,500 by Haight and Churcher, who conducted a furniture and undertaking business and were builders and contractors in early Salida. The June 5, 1900 edition of the Salida Semi­ Weekly Mail reported that each side of the terrace had six rooms, exclusive of halls and bathrooms. "These are strictly modern homes, everything...
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Real estate appraisal card. 216 E. 1st Street, lot 18, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This terrace was erected in 1899 at a cost of $4,500 by Haight and Churcher, who conducted a furniture and undertaking business and were builders and contractors in early Salida. The June 5, 1900 edition of the Salida Semi­ Weekly Mail reported that each side of the terrace had six rooms, exclusive of halls and bathrooms. "These are strictly modern homes, everything...
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Real estate appraisal card. 222 E. 1st Street, lot 19, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built prior to 1886. The 1927-28 city directory indicates that Hays B. Gibson, a foreman with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, lived here. Gibson was also listed here in 1930-31. By 1951, this was the home of Mrs. F.A. Meinke. Ralph and Wilma Sweet Jived here in 1961. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are...
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Real estate appraisal card. 137 E. 1st Street, lot 4, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. This building appears on the 1883 Sanborn map, when it is labeled as "boarding," with a paint shop at the rear. A boarding house is also shown in 1886, and "lodging" is indicated in both sections of the building in 1888. In 1890 and 1893, in addition to the lodging, a barber shop was in the building. The 1903-04 city directory listed the Hesson House, furnished...
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Real estate appraisal card. 138 W. 1st Street, lot 19, block 5, in Salida, Colorado. First Story. The building was constructed between 1888 and 1890 as the west portion of the Union Block. A billiard parlor occupied the storefront during the 1890 to 1898 period. In 1904 and 1909 a second hand goods store was located here. City directories for 1903-04 through 1909 show a second hand store run by Ambrose Ramsey in this location. He carried a full...
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Real estate appraisal card. 134 E. 1st Street, lot 22, block 4, in Salida, Colorado. This building is now 132 E. 1st Street. This parcel was vacant in 1888, according to the Sanborn map. The current building appears on the 1890 map, indicated as a harness shop. A harness shop was also shown here on the 1904 Sanborn map. The 1903-04 city directory indicates that this was the Olin D. Bennett & Son harness shop. The 1905-06 city directory listed two...
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Real estate appraisal card. 139 W. 1st Street, lot 8, block 21, in Salida, Colorado. This is 135 W. 1st Street.
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Real estate appraisal card. 146 W. 1st Street, lots 15 & 16 and part of lot 14, block 5, in Salida, Colorado. Information for the building on the left, 144 W. 1st: Based on Sanborn fire insurance map evidence, this masonry building was probably erected between 1909 and 1914. A steam laundry occupied an earlier iron clad building at this site and the 1914 Sanborn states that a steam laundry occupied this building at that date. The Troy Laundry...
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Real estate appraisal card. 215 E. 1st Street, lots 8-10 and part of lot 7, block 23, in Salida, Colorado. This is currently 223 E. 1st Street.
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Real estate appraisal card. 647 1/2 W. 1st Street, 50' of lot 12 & 13, block 15, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 647 W. 1st Street, lots 10-13, block 15, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 625 W. 1st Street, lots 7 & 5' of 8, block 15, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 625 W. 1st Street, lots 7 & 5' of 8, block 15, in Salida, Colorado.
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Real estate appraisal card. 603 W. 1st Street, lots 1 & 2, block 15, in Salida, Colorado. This outbuilding is no longer standing.