Real estate appraisal card. 137-141 F Street, part of lots 14-17, block 22, in Salida, Colorado.
This building, originally known as the Wheeler Block, was built by Egbert and Lena Wheeler following the fire of January 1888. The January 3, 1888 Salida Mail reported that the fire had rapidly consumed the building owned by E.H. Wheeler: "E.H. Wheeler, hardware business in his own building on F Street. Loss $8,000; insurance $4,000." By 20 January...