Real estate appraisal card. 321 E. 2nd Street, lots 7-9, block 29, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built in 1924 according to the Chaffee County Assessor. The house was a secondary house associated with another house no longer extant at 319 E. 2nd. The 1930 U.S. Census indicated that Salida businessman Alexander Ray McKenzi and his wife Bertha Louise owned this house. They were married in 1910. Alexander and Bertha McKenzie had two daughters: Joan (b.1925) and Amelia (b.1929). Bertha was born in 1890 in Texas. Alexander (b.1886) was a plumber, originally from Sillwater, Minnesota. Mr. McKenzie served as alderman of the second ward in Salida. He owned a large amount of property in the city. He died in March 1939, when he was described as "a progressive citizen and very popular." In 1951, Lyon J. and Ollie C. Woodruff occupied the home. Lyon was an equipment mechanic for D&RGW. Ollie worked as a seamstress. In 1965, this was the home of Orval and Eula Warren. The Warrens were retired. According to an old Assessor appraisal card, Elmer E. and Ethel Hutchinson once owned this property.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
