Real estate appraisal card. 340 E. 1st Street, lots 23-24, block 2, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built about 1903-04. The 1911-12 city directory indicated that Frank W. and George F. Wilkins, both teamsters, lived here. Eugene G. Luhorn (b.1889), a helper for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and his wife Anna M. (b.1887) also lived here. Eugene was born in Texas, although his father was from New Hampshire and his mother was from Ireland. Anna's parents both emigrated from Germany, although she was born in Pennsylvania. Eugene G. and Anna M. Luhorn were married in 1907. In 1910, they had a baby named Victor.
By 1930, George and Georgia Laverna Croxford lived here. Mr. Croxford (b.1879), originally from Santa Fe, NM, was an inspector for D&RGW. He came to Salida in 1913 and married Mrs. Georgia Scherar on May 6, 1915. Mrs. Croxford was born July 30, 1871, in St. Joseph, Missouri. She had moved to Salida in 1903. The Croxfords eventually moved to Grand Junction, where Mr. Croxford retired in 1945. In 1948 they returned to Salida, where they spent the rest of their days. Mr. Croxford died on July 9, 1952, after years of declining health. Mrs. Croxford died in December 1953, leaving a son, Frank Sherar of Salida.
Predy Medrano lived here in 1951, with her two children. She worked as a tray girl for Denver &Rio Grande Western Railroad. She was still the owner of the house in 1965.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
