Real estate appraisal card. 130 E. 2nd Street, lots 21 & 22, block 22, in Salida, Colorado.
This building was erected between 1898 and 1904, according to Sanborn fire insurance maps. The Assessor's 1900 year of construction could be correct. The building was addressed as 132 E. 2nd Street on 1904 through 1945 Sanborn maps. The 1903-04 and 1905-06 city directories indicate that Mrs. Josephine Hill offered furnished rooms in this building.
Mrs. Catherine Fagan, a forty-nine year old widow was keeping this rooming house according to 1920 manuscript Census returns. She had immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland and was a naturalized citizen. She had four lodgers at the time of the Census: two railroad workers, a baker, and a grocery store salesman. Mrs. Amalia Pauly (the widow of Harry M. Pauly) operated the house in 1922-23.
The 1927-28 and 1930-31 city directories stated that William C. Keim owned and resided in this building. Mr. Keim operated the wall paper and paint store across the street at today's 131 E. 2nd Street. Members of the Keim family continued to live here and rent out lodgings through at least 1961: in 1951 W.C. Keim was listed, while in 1961, Mabel M. Keim was here.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
