Description
Real estate appraisal card. 127 D Street, lots 14-16, block 24, in Salida, Colorado.
This building was erected between 1888 and 1890. The building was historically addressed 125-27 and later 127-29 D Street.
Several people lived here in 1903: Myrda Gray; Stanley A. Pawl, a clerk for Crews Mercantile Company; Henry H. Schafer, a watchman for D&RG; and Jesse Vetter, a machinist for D&RG. In 1911-12, Frank A. Bates, a driver for the Salida Market lived here. Fred W. Manherz (b.1880), a barber from Pennsylvania working at 108 E. 1st also lived here. A machinist for D&RG, Horace Westgate, also lived here. Mr. Westgate (b.1865) was born in England and emigrated to the U.S. in 1887. His wife Grace, was born in Kansas in 1873. They had a daughter, Genevieve.
In 1920, John A. Fry and his wife Eola E. lived here, with two grandchildren: Thelma Fry and Keith L. Stewart. John Fry was born in 1859 in Indiana and Eola Fry was born in Wisconsin in 1866. Charles A. and his wife Freda M. Fry also lived here by 1920. Charles, an inspector with D&RGW, was born in Wisconsin in 1880. Freda was born in Colorado in 1886. John A. Fry also lived here with Charles and Freda by 1922, although in 1920, the Census listed him living at 127 D St with his wife and grandchildren.
By 1930, Mrs. Anna Summers, the widow of Charles Summers, lived here, along with her son, Arthur (b.1895). Mrs. Summers was born in 1870 in Ohio. She and her parents lived in Kansas, Breckenridge, and Cripple Creek before she moved to Salida in 1907. She married Charles Summers in Cripple Creek. The couple had three children: Ruby, Robert, and Arthur. Mrs. Summers was working as a janitor in an office building in 1930. She passed away in 1938, when she was described as "well known in Salida." In 1930, Robert H. and Leona E. Doering also lived here. The Doerings were both born in Colorado, Robert in 1906 and Leona in 1907. They were married in 1927. Robert worked as a machinist for the railroad. Their son Arthur also lived here. Leona's mother, Katherine E. Heller, a widow, also lived here in 1930, as did Leona's brothers and sisters: George A., Nellie G., James B. and Robert. Katherine Heller moved to the United States from England in 1890, becoming a naturalized citizen.
In 1951, the building included more than two units. The Blue Moon Beauty Salon, owned by Fern Blodgett, operated here. Mary Bazz also lived here in 1951. Robert E. Winslow, who worked in real estate, insurance and loans, was a resident. Harold and Evelyn McCormick also lived here in 1951. Harold was a truck driver for Rio Grande Motor Way. In 1965, Fern McClure (formerly Fern Blodgett?) owned and operated the Blue Moon Beauty Salon at this address.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
