Real estate appraisal card. 414 E. 2nd Street, lots 19-20, block 25, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was erected in 1924 or 1927 according to Chaffee County Assessor records. Phillip and Eleanore M. Gallo were owners of this house in 1930, based on the US Census of that year and an old Assessor's appraisal card. They were married in 1918 and both were born in 1891. A Colorado native, Phillip (b.1891) owned a shoe repair shop at 140 E. 1st. The couple had a son, Bernard (b.1926). Phillip's widowed Italian father, Andrew Gallo, also lived with the couple in 1930. A naturalized citizen, Andrew Gallo (b.1861) first came to the U.S. in 1879. Phillip' s mother was also from Italy.
By 1951, Elbridge L. "Sam" and Eula Samson lived at this address. Sam was a cashier at the Rio Grande Freight House. In 1930, Elbridge and his previous wife, Adersa, had lived at a different address in Salida, and he had been employed as a car checker with the railroad. Elbridge was born in Colorado in 1898. In 1965, Philip F. and Ruth Scott were the owners and residents of this house. No occupations were listed for the Scotts in the city directory.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
