Real estate appraisal card. 232 D Street, lot 8, block 30, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built in 1902 according to Chaffee County Assessor records. William Burless, a clerk at J.M. King lived here in 1903. In 1906, William M. Frye lived at this house. He was a manager for the Van Noy RR News Co at the D&RG Depot. The 1920 US Census indicated that this was the residence of Treffle and Hazel Beauregard. Mr. Beauregard was a salesman at a grocery store. He was born in Kansas and Mrs. Beauregard was born in Colorado. The 1910 US Census indicated that Henry L. Hines lived here with his wife Martha and daughter Mary. Mr. Hines was born in Missouri about 1871 and worked as a machinist with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Mrs. Hines was born in the same year in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Ellen Roberts, the widow of Moses J. Roberts, lived here in 1922. Also living here in 1922 were William H. and Viola M. Thompson. William was a popular engineer on the Second Division of the Rio Grande. William was born in 1884 in Bonanza, where his father, Henry Thompson, made and lost two fortunes in mining. The family moved to Georgetown and then Leadville, where William spent his formative years. There he began working for the Denver & Rio Grande. He married Viola Roberts of Leadville in Glenwood Springs in 1908. The couple lived in Minturn for a few years before moving to Salida in 1921. While in Minturn, William was president of the school board and a master of the Masonic Lodge. The Thompsons had two children: Marvin and Wilma. William died in 1945 at the age of 63 after being stung by a yellowjacket while hunting. He was described as "widely known among railroad men and popular." Viola was born in 1888 and died in Denver in 1972. Both of her children preceded her in death.
In 1931, Luvertia W. and Kathy Heister lived at this house. Luvertia was a cement contractor. In 1951, T.H. and Zetta M. Hazelhurst lived at this address. Mr. Hazelhurst was a machinist with D&RGW. The two married in April 1930 in Salida. They had two children: Gary and Donna. Zetta (b.1913) died at the age of 66, in 1979. The 1965 city directory indicated that the Hazelhursts still lived here. Mr. Hazelhurst was then a truck driver for the City Street Department.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
