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215 E. 1st Street
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.
216 E. 1st Street
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 that science has provided having been incorporated In them. It Is doubtful whether a handsomer or better arranged building is to be found in any city of similar size in this state. The owners deserve much credit for having given Salida so pretty an example of the builder's handicraft." Haight & Churcher engaged in building and contracting in Salida prior to 1887, and "did most of the heavy contracting and building" in the early days of the city. In 1887, they went into the furniture, carpet, and undertaking business. Haight had come to Cleora in 1878 and erected the first building at the settlement three miles below the future site of Salida. Frank B. Churcher moved to Cleora a year later. In 1900 the Salida Semi-Weekly Mail reported that the firm of Haight & Churcher was "one of the strongest in this part of the state. They carry a stock of furniture and carpets valued at over $20,000 and also own considerable improved real estate. Besides, they are financially interested in several outside business propositions." The 1905-06 city directory indicated that Frank B. Churcher lived in this building. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
222 E. 1st Street
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 available at the Salida Library.
227 E. 1st Street
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, and Charles McClelland, a brakeman for the railroad. Mrs. Minnie Hull still lived here in 1906 and continued to be affiliated with Hull & Wise. Also living here by 1906 was Harry O. Wise, who co-owned Hull & Wise with Mrs. Hull, as well as owning H.O. Wise & Son. It appears that Mrs. Hull and Mr. Wise were brother and sister. H.O. Wise & Son, conducted by Harry O. and Earl Wise, advertised "a full line of cigars, tobacco, news, and stationery; all the latest periodicals and magazines." In 1906, Earl Wise also lived here, as did Robert P. Conner, a machinist for the D&RG. In 1907, Harry O. Wise passed away in his rooms at the back of Wise & Son at 145 E. First Street. Mr. Wise was born about 1851. He moved to Salida from Council Grove, Kansas, about 1882 and became employed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad as a freight brakeman, holding the position until about 1893. He retired after falling from the top of a freight car near Rifle and receiving injuries to his spine from which he never recovered. He was treated at the Rio Grande Hospital in Salida for three years, but his lower limbs were "totally incapacitated for further service." He conducted his successful business in a wheelchair, starting it after losing his railroad career and developing it into "one of the largest and best kept of any of the kind in this section of the state." At the time of his death, Harry O. Wise was described as "one of those genial, whole souled fellows who made friends of every man, woman or child who entered his place of business." The house completely changed occupants by the time of the 1911-12 city directory. Ross L., Earl E. and Alexander Hamilton Wilson lived here. Ross and Alexander both worked as machinists and Earl was a student. Alexander Wilson was born in Nova Scotia in 1860; his father was born in Scotland. Alexander immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 10 in 1870. A resident of Salida since 1889, Alexander continued working as a machinist for D&RG until his retirement in 1928. He married Jane L., who was born in Wales in 1862. She came to the U.S. in 1885. Alexander and Jane Wilson had one son, William E., who was born in 1890. By 1930, Alexander Wilson was living at 741 G St and working as a janitor at a bank. He had also entered a second marriage, with Mary J., who was born in Michigan in 1860. Alexander Wilson died of pneumonia in January 1939. His obituary in the Salida Mail described him as " one of Salida's best known and respected citizens." Ross Wilson was born in Colorado in 1887. His wife Carrie (b.1892) was born in England. She came to the U.S. in 1899. Ross and Carrie Hamilton had one son, George H., who was born in 1910 in Colorado. Stephen E. and Dora M. Reddy lived here by 1922. Mr. Reddy was born in 1882 in Colorado. Both of his parents were born in Northern Ireland. He worked as a fireman. By 1930, Mr. Reddy was a roomer at 201 E. 1st and was working as a locomotive engineer for the stream railroad. Although the census indicates that he was still married, Mrs. Reddy was not listed as living with him. By 1931, Ray and Katherine E. Davidson were living here. Mr. Davidson worked as a fireman with D&RGW. He was born in Colorado in about 1894. Mrs. Davidson was born in Colorado in 1901. The Davidsons had two children: Margaret (10) and Rayetta (2). In 1920, the Davidsons lived in Nathrop, Colorado, where Mr. Davidson was a farmer. Frank and Frances Johnson occupied the home by 1951. Mr. Johnson was a partner at the Salida Planting Mill. The 1965 city directory did not list this address. An Assessor appraisal card indicates that Walter C. and Agnes M. Bateman were later owners of the house. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
230 E. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 230 E. 1st Street, lots 21 & 22, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This dwelling was built between 1893 and 1898 according to Sanborn maps. The assessor's 1914 year of construction is not correct. The house has always been addressed 230 E. 1st St. The 1911-12 city directory lists Eugene A. Hatch at this address. He was an engineer for the D&RG Railroad. Hatch had previously been listed next door at 224 E. St. In 1922-23 the city directory indicates that Ellen E. Hatch, widow of Eugene, lived here. In 1930-31, Mrs. Hatch, still lived here. By 1951, the house was occupied by A.D. and Ruth Salmonson. Mr. Salmonson was a machinist for the D&RGW Railroad. Barney and Gwen Welch resided at this address in 1961. Mr. Welch was a miner for Climax Molybdenum. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
233 E. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 233 E. 1st Street, lots 4-5, block 23, in Salida, Colorado. The 1903-04 city directory indicated that Ada Jane McNichol (b. 1874) lived here and offered furnished rooms for rent in this building. Her family included her husband Alexander McNichol, an engineer with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and their two daughters. A nurse, Ella Nelson, roomed with them in 1903. Originally from Pennsylvania, Mrs. McNichol died in August 1905 at the age of thirty-two from blood poisoning. Mr. McNichol and his children continued to live here following her death. In 1906, the house included two boarders: Nora Duffy and Toff Wicks, who worked as a fireman for D&RG. Mr. McNichol was born in Schuyler, Nebraska on August 10, 1871. When he arrived in Salida 1894, he immediately began working for the railroad, first as a fireman and then as an engineer. Alexander McNichol and three other men died in a train wreck near Pando in September 1907, at the age of thirty-six. The train engineered by Mr. McNichol went out of control after the air brakes failed. He had only recently returned to work after remarrying and going on an extended wedding trip in the East. The funeral was held in this house and conducted by the engineers' lodge of which Mr. McNichol was chief. He was lauded as a devoted husband and father, "quiet and unassuming." Mr. McNichol was buried alongside his wife, father, and a brother in Fairview Cemetery. Following her husband's death, Mrs. Ellen McNichol continued to live here and offered furnished rooms for rent. The 1911-12 city directory listed Mrs. McNichol under furnished rooms. She was born in Guyes Mills, Pennsylvania in 1871. There were six people renting rooms in 1911-12, including a clerk at the Crews-Beggs Mercantile Co., an engineer, two firemen, and a restaurant owner. By 1920, Ellen McNicol had married Thomas J. Teller (b.1867), and they continued to live at this address. Thomas was employed as a truck driver at the Salida Fruit Company. He was born in Jefferson, Nebraska. There were three lodgers living with the Tellers in 1920, including one German and one Canadian. In 1930, no lodgers lived with the Tellers, who continued to reside here. Thomas Teller died in April 1934 at the age of sixty-six. He had lived in Salida for seventeen years. Ellen M. Teller died in July 1943 at the age of seventy-one. Prominent and longtime Salida resident Dr. C. Rex Fuller (b.1892) had an office at this address by 1951. He and his wife Marie Hermansen Fuller lived at 541 F St. They were married on June 20, 1914 in Kearney, Nebraska. They had a daughter, Barbara. Born in 1892 in Emerson, Nebraska, Dr. Fuller first came to Salida in 1916, to serve as house physician at the D&RG Hospital. In a 1959 newspaper interview, he recalled delivering babies in front of the fireplace, the only source for light, in the early days of Salida, when he was one of only five doctors in the Salida area. During World War I, he was a regimental surgeon from 1917 to 1920 in an evacuation ambulance company in El Paso, Texas. In 1920, he returned to working at the D&RG Hospital, where he worked until retiring in 1959. He continued his own private practice until late in 1960. Dr. Fuller died in June 1961. Dr. Leo J. Leonardi also had an office here in 1951. His residence was located at 303 E. 2nd. Two nurses at D&RG Hospital, June Billingham and Yvonne Robideaux, lived in this building in 1951. Also living here were Rockne and Kathleen Holmes. Rockne Holmes was an assistant manager at the JM McDonald Store. Harold R. Koster, Inc., is listed on an Assessor appraisal card as a previous owner. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
302 W. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 302 W. 1st Street, lot 23-25, block 6, in Salida, Colorado. This building is no longer standing.
309 W. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 309 W. 1st Street, part of block 19, in Salida, Colorado. This building is no longer standing.
309 W. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 309 W. 1st Street, lots 4 & 5, block 19, in Salida, Colorado. This building is no longer standing.
310 W. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 310 W. 1st Street, part of block 6, in Salida, Colorado.
315 E. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 315 E. 1st Street, lots 9 & 10, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1882 and 1888. In 1903, Melvin J. and Margaret J. Ruland occupied this house. They had two sons, Elmer (14) and Myron J (20). Mr. Ruland was born in 1856 in New York. Mrs. Ruland was born in 1864 in Iowa. Mr. Ruland was employed as an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, until his death at the age of 46, on November 1, 1903. Mrs. Ruland continued to live by herself at this address. She died of heart trouble in Denver in April 1909, at the age of 45, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery beside her husband. The 1911-12 city directory lists Carl P. and George E. Hale at this address. Carl Hale was employed as a clerk for the railroad. He died after being accidentally killed in Ollie, Montana, at age 32, on August 8, 1918. George Hale worked as a carpenter. Also living here was Mrs. Laura E. Proctor, for whom no occupation was listed. Born in 1839, she passed away in 1921. In 1922, Fred and Helen Critchley lived here. Mr. Critchley, worked for the D&RG, as a machinist. Born in 1875, Mr. Critchley emigrated from England in 1913, while Mrs. Critchley (b.1888) left Ireland in 1910. The Critchleys had two children: a daughter, Katherine and a son, Jack. Katherine was born in 1906 in Ireland and Jack was born in Canada in 1913. Mrs. Critchley's father, John Walsh, an 80-year-old widower, lived here as well. By 1930, the Critchley family had moved to 719 Dodge Street. By 1931, Manford I. and Margaret A Chappell lived here. Mr. Chappell worked for the D&RGW, as a conductor. Frank and Esther Ronald lived here in 1951. Mr. Ronald was a clerk for the Denver & Rio Grande Western. He was born in 1916 in Marble, Colorado, and came to Salida as a boy with his parents, Charles S. and Lela Ward Ronald. Frank Ronald attended Salida schools, graduating from Salida High School in 1935. He married Esther Durand in 1937. Mrs. Ronald was born in 1919 in Salida and died in Bryan, Texas, in 1980. The couple had a son, Norman, and a daughter, Jean. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
318-320 E. 1st Street
Real estate appraisal card. 318 & 320 E. 1st Street, lots 18-20, block 2, in Salida, Colorado. The eastern portion of this building (320 E. First Street) dates to before 1892, while the western setback section (318 E. First Street) was built between 1909 and 1911. Charles F. and Belle Foote were listed at this address in the 1903-04 city directory. The couple apparently rented out rooms in the house, for four railroad conductors, an engineer, and a brakeman were also listed at this address. Mr. Foote ran a second hand goods store in 1903-04 and by 1905-06 he was a clerk with S.J. Bartle. Born in Ohio in 1849, Mr. Foote came to Maysville and then to Salida in the early 1880s. He had the misfortune to die in the "first serious accident in Salida with an automobile" in September 1909, when he was struck and killed at First and F by a vehicle driven by Dr. T.L.A. Shaffer. Foote was described as "one of the oldest residents of the city." The 1910 Census showed Foote's widow living at this address with her daughter and son-in-law (Grace and Harry A. Jones); Mrs. Foote was listed as the owner of the property. The 1911-12 city directory also showed a number of roomers, including five Denver and Rio Grande Railroad conductors, a brakeman, and a lawyer. Her son-in-law was also a D&RG brakeman. Outbuildings on the property were used during the 1904-14 period to house upholstering and carpentry functions. The western portion of the building (318 E. First Street) was listed in the 1911-12 city directory, which showed James R. Dougher, a conductor for the D&RG living there. It appears that this was a separate residence. By 1920, Emma Malloy, a forty-three-year-old widow from Illinois with three children, was operating a rooming house at 320 E. First Street. Her lodgers included two brakemen, a pipefitter, and a laborer with the D&RGW Railroad and a laborer at a granite company. By 1922, Emma had married Alpheus Staples, a miner and native of Kansas. Florence D. Malloy (Emma's daughter) was still living here and working as an operator for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph. Mrs. Staples died in 1929 and her husband moved to California. The 1920 Census revealed that Howard H. and Della Mashburn were residing at 318 E. First Street. Mr. Mashburn was a manger at the telephone company. In 1931, the western section of the building (number 318) was occupied by Edward V. and Norma Clare. Mr. Clare was a fireman for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Mr. Clare (known as "Frosty") was born in Salida in 1903 and lived there all his life. He retired from the Rio Grande as an engineer. Opal Major, a dishwasher at Neil's Cafe, resided there in 1951. In 1965, Larry J. and Shirley Houle and their two children lived in that section of the building. Mr. Houle was a welder at Climax Molybdenum. Charles C. and Gertrude I. Harmel were living the eastern section (number 320) in 1931; no occupation was listed. By 1951, 320 E. First Street was known as the Rio Grande Rooms, operated by W.l. and Clara May March. History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.

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