Saguache, Colorado West Side of Main Street - Dallas Block
The next building to the north is also owned by Antiques,
Etc. In the early days, Geo. W. Beckley ran a grocery and meat store at
this location. It was in 1902 that twelve year old Cora Tarbell was
killed in front of this store by an accidental shotgun blast. When
her father returned from going into the store, a dog jumped into the buggy
and hit the trigger of a shotgun carried in the buggy. In my time,
several people had dry goods stores at this location. Names that
come to mind are Bess Sherman, R. R. Tarbell, and Hartogs.
Birt
Clare had a small shoe shop in the north section of the building in the
50’s. Its door and windows were boarded up in the past and are now
covered with the Pepsi sign. Jack Dennerline ran a hardware store
for a few years. The Lamar Howard family bought the hardware store
and operated it for a few years. The building stood vacant for many
years until about twenty years ago when Frank Bonasso made it into his
artist’s studio and living quarters. About three years ago Rick Barandes
and Leslie Griffith remodeled the structure to be part of their antiques
store.
There
is a picture that shows a hotel sign on part of this building probably
about the turn of the century.
Birt
Clare had a small shoe shop in the north section of the building in the
50’s. Its door and windows were boarded up in the past and are now
covered with the Pepsi sign. Jack Dennerline ran a hardware store
for a few years. The Lamar Howard family bought the hardware store
and operated it for a few years. The building stood vacant for many
years until about twenty years ago when Frank Bonasso made it into his
artist’s studio and living quarters. About three years ago Rick Barandes
and Leslie Griffith remodeled the structure to be part of their antiques
store.
There
is a picture that shows a hotel sign on part of this building probably
about the turn of the century.
