Real estate appraisal card. 124 E. 2nd Street, lot 20, block 22, in Salida, Colorado.
This building was erected between 1888 and 1890, according to Sanborn fire insurance maps. The 1890 and 1893 maps identify this building as a dwelling. In 1893 it is shown as a doctor's office. The 1898 through 1914 maps show this as a dwelling. An office was shown in the building on the 1929 and 1945 Sanborn maps.
The 1903-04 through 1922 city directories list the office and residence of Dr. Jessine M. Hartwell at this address. Manuscript returns for the 1920 Census revealed that Dr. Hartwell was then sixty-six years old and a native of Massachusetts. She listed her occupation as homeopathic physician.
In 1961, an engineering and surveying firm was housed in the building: Robert Harrison and Associates.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
