Real estate appraisal card. 3rd and F Streets, lots 16-17, block 31.
This building replaced two small buildings (one a tailor shop) previously on the site. The building does not appear on the 1914 Sanborn map, but it is shown on the 1929 map. The 1922 and 1927-28 city directories do not appear to list this address, suggesting a 1929 year of construction. The 1929 Sanborn map indicates that the building housed an auto sales and service building. The map indicates
that a Chevrolet garage was operating here in 1937. On October 21, 1949 the J.M. McDonald Dry Goods and Department Store opened at this location. The opening day of the store attracted hundreds of visitors. V. James of radio station KVRH was present to entertain shoppers. M.R. Sigler was manager of the store. By 1961 this was the office of Public Service Company of Colorado (Vernon H. Cato, division manager). A 1981 survey form also shows Public Service Company as the occupant.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
