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 east part. Chauncey D. Todd operated a bowling alley here in 1903-04, while Albert W. Laughlin and Julius L. Carter ran one in 1905-06.
A grocery store is shown in the west half of the building in 1909 and a second hand store in the east half. The 1909 city directory shows Sam Hunt furniture and second hand store here. The west side was vacant in 1914, while the east half contained a hardware store. Two unidentified stores are shown in this building on the 1929 and 1945 Sanborn fire insurance maps.
The upper floor of the building appears to have accommodated furnished rooms for much of the period. In 1903-04 the Duey House was located there, with Florence Peck, proprietor. The St. Elmo Rooms were shown upstairs in the 1909 and 1911-12 city directories. Mrs. Louise E. Rhodes was the proprietor in 1911-12. The 1961 directory lists apartments on the second floor.
City directories for 1922-23 through 1961 list the Greenburg Furniture Store at this location. Moses Greenburg was the proprietor according to city directories for the 1920s and 1930-31. The 1951 and 1961 directories list Abe Greenburg as the owner. The building still housed Greenburg Furniture at the time of the 1981 historic buildings survey.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
