Real estate appraisal card. 117 W. Sackett Ave., lots % & 6, block 5, in Salida, Colorado.
This building is not shown on the 1888 Sanborn map, but does appear on the 1890 map, when it is indicated as a Chinese laundry and female boarding on the second story, connected by a passage on the first story to a female boarding house or bordello at 113 W. Sackett Ave. This block of West Sackett Avenue was Salida's Red Light district, and contained several houses of prostitution. Railroad workers, travelers disembarking from trains at the nearby station, and other visitors to the downtown area provided a large group of clients for the district. By 1893, this building was identified as "female boarding," like the adjacent buildings. This designation continued through the 1914 Sanborn map. The 1905-06 city directory listed two female boarders here: Emma Dean and Lucy Gaines.
Mary Goodrich was indicated as the head or the household. By the time of the 1929 map, the building was identified as a dwelling.
