Real estate appraisal card. 113 Sackett Avenue, lots 9 & 10, block 4 in Salida, Colorado.
Based on Sanborn fire insurance map evidence, this building was constructed between 1890 and 1893. The building was addressed as 113 E. Front Street (later 113 E. Sackett Avenue). A saloon is shown as the building's occupant on 1893 through 1909 Sanborn maps. A 1902 article discussing the construction of a two-unit house to the east, referred to this structure as the "Kinney building." The 1903-04 city directory lists a saloon at this address operated by Frank Martin. By 1905-06, the business was identified as the D&RG Saloon, with Frank Martin as the proprietor. Mr. Martin was the sole agent for Puritan rye whiskey. The D&RG Saloon was still in the building in 1909. A painted wall sign for the saloon is still present on the west wall of the building and reads "D&RG Saloon-Wines, Liquors-Cigars, Schooners, 5 cents." The second floor of the building held furnished rooms.
Elizabeth Martin ran this side of the operation in 1905-06 and 1909. In 1911-12, Mrs. Elizabeth Kenney operated the D&RG Rooming House.
In 1914, the building housed a Chinese laundry. In 1922-23, Frank Martin was listed as the proprietor of the Palace Laundry at this address. A display advertisement in the city directory explained that "we do wet wash, rough dry, and finished laundry work of all kinds. Parcel post-quick delivery." The business probably took its name from the Palace Hotel a short distance to the north.
An unidentified store was located in the building according to 1929 and 1945 Sanborn fire insurance maps. The address does not appear in the 1951 city directory. In the 1960s, the evangelist Brother Ben Maestas had his church in this building.
