Organizations

: First National Bank (Salida, Colo.); The 1895 First National Bank/Knights of Pythias building faces the intersection of F and Second streets is associated with the history of financial institutions and of fraternal organizations in Salida. The building, located on the site where the disastrous fire of January 1888 started, was erected to house the First National Bank on the first story and the Knights of Pythias meeting hall on the second. The First National Bank traced its roots to the Continental Divide Bank founded by L.W. and D.H. Craig in 1885. The bank survived the Panic of 1893 and the Great Depression, becoming the city’s oldest financial institution. The Knights of Pythias Iron Mountain Lodge No. 19 was one of Salida’s many fraternal organizations, and its members were primarily railroad employees. The building is also significant for its architecture, which represented the transition from the Victorian influences of the late nineteenth century to those of twentieth century commercial construction. Notable features include the beveled corner entrance, ornamented cornice, walls of buff-colored brick and red sandstone, rock-faced stone courses, double-hung sash flat arched windows with transoms of the upper story, and first story display windows and stone piers. from the DOWNTOWN SALIDA, COLORADO HISTORIC BUILDINGS SURVEY, 2001-02 Final Report

: First National Bank of Gunnison; A bank which existed in Gunnison from 1882 to 1994. (Source: https://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/InstitutionHistory.aspx?parID_RSSD=380252&parDT_END=99991231)

: First Presbyterian Church (Grand Junction, Colorado); One of Grand Junction’s first churches. It’s first location was on the northeast corner of White Avenue and 4th Street. White Hall, a prominent local building, hosted the Presbyterian Church for many years at that location. It burned and was ultimately demolished in 2015. The church now resides at 3940 27 ½ Road. Reverend Herbert Hezlep was the presiding minister at the church from December 1914 until June 1, 1919.

: First Presbyterian Church (Salida, Colo.); The First Presbyterian Church in Salida, Colorado was originally on the corner of F and 3rd Streets. It is currently located at 7 Poncha Boulevard, Salida, Colorado.

: First United Methodist Church (Grand Junction, Colorado); The First United Methodist Church, located at the intersection of 5th Street and White Avenue, was founded in Grand Junction in 1883. It was first named the Methodist Episcopal Church South, following the name and traditions of the Methodist church in the South, which had split from the Methodist Episcopal Church over the question of slavery in 1844. Though it has changed buildings over time, the church maintains the same location. It was the first church founded in Grand Junction, and the valley's longest running. Orlo David Williams served as an early board member, as did G.A. Stong, S.C. Hoel, and A.M. Schmidt. According to Josephine (Taylor) Dickey, local African-American parishioners were first welcomed by the Methodist Church in the early 1880’s. Land was then given by the city to the Black community for the construction of their own church, the Handy Chapel. According to David Sundal, several members of the Methodist Church left and went to the First Church of the Nazarene, or to other evangelical Protestant churches during the 1910's and 20's.

: Fitzpatrick sheep ranching outfit (Western Colorado); A large sheep ranching outfit in Montrose and Mesa Counties.

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