Real estate appraisal card. 247 D Street, lots 14-17, block 29, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built between 1890 and 1892. In 1903, Harry Hansen Adams and his wife Mary lived at this address. Harry Adams was born in Pennsylvania in 1862, and Mary Tring Adams was born in Iowa in 1864. They were married in 1900. Mr. Adams worked as a boilermaker for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad until at least 1927. He was working as a clerk for E.O. Churchill Cigars in 1937. In 1903 their children, Mabel Adams and Caleb H. Adams, an apprentice for D&RG, also lived at this house. The 1905-06 city directory listed Henry B. Adams, a helper with the Denver & Rio Grande, as a boarder at this address. The Anderson family also lived here as boarders in 1906. Leonard Anderson, a machinist with D&RG, and his wife Jenne M. lived here, as well as two of their children: George Jay Anderson (b.1885), an apprentice for D&RG, and Grace D. Anderson (b.1888), a high school student. They had one other child, Janet C. (b.1893). Leonard and Jenne were both born in England, Leonard in 1850 and Jenne in 1851. Jenne came to the U.S. in 1857 and Leonard came to the U.S. in 1879. Ray Adams (b.1897) and his wife Carrie (b.1898) and their son, Ray E., lived with Harry and Mary Adams at a different house in Salida in 1920. Mary Adams died 18 January 1934. Harry Adams died of a heart attack in April 1937, at the age of 75. He had been a resident of Salida for over forty years at that point.
Clyde W. Clark (b.1857) lived at this address by 1911-12. He worked as a fireman for D&RG. He died in Central City in March 1932 after a mining accident in which he was caught between a piece of machinery and a truck. Emanuel and Ruth B. Bergman lived at this home by 1922 and until at least 1931. They were married 23 October 1919 in Salida and had four children together. Mr. Bergman was born in Leadville in 1893 and moved to Salida in 1917. His parents were born in Germany. He began working for D&RG in the water service and later became a car repairman. In 1930 Emanuel was working as a foreman pipefitter for the city water service. Emanuel died at the age of 54 in March 1949.
By 1951, Anton and Katherine Drobnick owned this house. Anton was retired at this point. Mary Drobnick became a later owner, living here with Anton and Katherine. Mary Drobnick was a saleswoman with Donnohue's Jewelry and Gifts.
History Colorado's Architectural Inventory Forms have more information and are available at the Salida Library.
