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FHR-6-300
(11-78)
United
States
Department
of
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
See
instructions
in
How
to
Complete
National
Register
Forms
Type
all
entries—complete
applicable
sections_____
_______^_
1.
Name
historic
Union
Avenue
Historic
Connercial
District
and/or
common
Union
Avenue
2.
Location
street
&
number
See
Map
2
n/a
not
for
publication
city,
town
Pueblo
vicinity
of
congressional
district
Third
state
Colorado
code
08
county
Pueblo
code
101
3.
Classification
Category
Ownership
X
district
(87bldg')
public
building(s)
private
structure
x
both
site
Public
Acquisition
object
n
/
a
in
process
n/a
being
considered
Status
x
occupied
x
unoccupied
x
work
in
progress
Accessible
yes:
restricted
X
yes:
unrestricted
no
Present
Use
agriculture
x
commercial
educational
.x
entertainment
.x
government
.x
industrial
military
museum
park
private
residence
religious
scientific
x
transportation
other:
4.
Owner
of
Property
name
See
Continuation
Sheet
street
&
number
city,
town
vicinity
of
state
5.
Location
of
Legal
Description
courthouse,
registry
of
deeds,
etc.
Pueblo
County
Courthouse
street
&
number
10th
&
Main
Streets
city,
town
state
Colorado
6.
Representation
in
Existing
Surveys
title
Colorado
Inventory
of
Historic
has
this
property
been
determined
elegible?
Sites
yes
no
date
Ongoing
federal
state
county
local
depository
for
survey records
Colorado
Historical
Society.
1300
Broadway
city,
town
Denver
state
Colorado
80203
7.
Description
Condition
excellent
_x_good
_JX,fair
x
deteriorated
ruins
unexposed
Check
one
x
unaltered
_JL_
altered
Check
one
_
X_
original
site
moved
date
Describe
the
present
and
original
(if
known)
physical
appearance
The
Union
Avenue
Historic
District
consists
of
a
large
group
of
commercial
structures located
south
of
the
central
business district
in
Pueblo,
Colorado.
The
buildings
lie
primarily
along
Union Avenue
and
along the
four
intersecting
streets
of
East
and
West
"B,"
"C,"
and
"D"
and
South
Grand.
The
district
has
a
total
of
87
properties.
Of
this
number,
70
contribute
to
the
historic
and
architectural
integrity
of
the
district;
9
are
more
modern,
noncontributing
structures;
and
8
are
vacant
lots.
When
taken
together,
the
structures
form
a
record
of
commercial
archi-
tecture
in
Pueblo
and
evidence
of
the
changes
which
have
taken
place^in
the
course
of
time.
The
district
maintains
the
feeling
and
association
of
a
late
nineteenth/early
twentieth
century
commercial
area.
The
boundaries
of
the
district
are
well
defined.
The
area
is
approximately
four
blocks
long
and
two
blocks
wide,
but
the
actual
boundary
line
is
more
irregular
so
as
to
include
all
the
historic
and
architecturally
significant buildings associated
with
Union
Avenue.
(These
boundaries
may
best
be
seen
on
the
maps
that
accompany
the
nomination).
Outside
but
adjar
cent
to
the
district
are
newer
structures,
vacant
lots,
and
a
few
isolated
historic
buildings
and
a
few
other
historic
buildings
that
have
been
irreversibly
altered.
The
buildings
within
the
district
exhibit
several
architectural
styles
that
reflect
the
evolution
and
growth
of
Pueblo.
The
predominant
style
is
"high
Victorian"
commercial.
These
strctures
generally
have
narrow
facades
with
tall,
narrow
windows
with
elaborate
lintels,
highly
decorated
cornices,
and
flat
roofs.
The
J.S.
Glass
Building
at
308
S.
Union
is
on
the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places and
is
an
excellent
example
of
this
architec-
tural
style.
Some
of
these
buildings
are
among
the
best
surviving
examples
in
Colorado.
A
significant
individual
building
is
the
Union
Depot.
Union
Depot
is
a
fine
example
of
the
Richardsonian
Romanesque
style
of
Victorian
architecture.
Another
building,
the
Riverside
Block,
also
displays
Romanesque
features.
There
are
also
several
buildings
that
reflect
the
Renaissance
Revival
style
of
architecture
of
the
early
twentieth
century.
A
most
notable
example
within
the
district
is
the
Vail
Hotel.
Both
the
Union
Depot
and
the'Vail
Hotel
are
listed
on
the
National
Register
There
are
also
a
number
of
Victorian
commercial
structures
originally
within
the
district
which
were
either
damaged
or
destroyed
as a
result
of
tne
_
1921
flood.
These repaired
and
replaced
structures
reflect
the
commercial
style
of
the
1920s.
Virtually
all
the
buildings
in
the
district
are
brick
in
construction,
one
to
three
stories
in
height.
Some
of
these
struc-
tures
have
been
stuccoed
and
others
have
been
altered
at
the
street
level.
Most
structures
retain
their
original
detailing
on
the
upper
stories,
particularly
at
the
cornice
line.
Following
is a
listing
of
all
properties
within
the
district:
"C"
denotes
contributing
"NC"
denotes
non-contributing;
and
"V"
denotes
vacant
lot.
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT
Item
number
4
Page
BLDG.
#
PROPERTY
ADDRESS
217
S.
Grand
Ave
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
'219
S.
Grand
Ave
101-103
N.
Union
105-107
N.
Union
111
N.
Union
#1
City
Hall
Place
103
S.
Union
Avenue
105
S.
Union Avenue
107-109
S.
Union
Ave
111
S.
Union
Avenue
113
S.
Union
Avenue
115
S.
Union
Avenue
OWNER'S NAME &
ADDRESS
Jack
Quinn,
Executive
Director
Housing
Authority
of
City
of
Pueblo
1414
N.
Santa
Fe,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Jim
Carleo
620
Thatcher
Building
Pueblo,
CO
81003
J.
Frank
Cordova,
Jr.
Jim
Hoist
Phil
Gallegos
Riverside
Partnerships
101
N.
Union
Avenue
2nd
Floor
Pueblo,
CO
81003
M.A.
Miller
1818
St.
Clair
Avenue
Pueblo,
CO
81004
M.A.
Miller
1818
St.
Clair
Avenue
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Melvin
H.
Takaki,
D.D.S.
President
of
the
City
Council
P.
0.
Box
1427
Pueblo,
CO
81002
Frank
L.
Girodo
103
S.
Union Avenue
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Frank
L-.
Girodo
103
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Jennie
Litvack
107
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Anderson
Enterprises,
Inc.
110
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Anderson
Enterprises,
Inc.
110
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Larry
G.
Moore
115
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo, CO
81003
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
of
Historic Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT
Item
number
4
Page3
BLDG.
#
PROPERTY
ADDRESS
13.
117-119
S.
Union
Ave
14.
15.
16.
17.
17.
18.
19.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
121
S.
Union
Avenue
123
S.
Union
Avenue
15&16
125-127
S.
Union
Ave.
129
S.
Union
Avenue
131
S.
Union
Avenue
133
S.
Union
Avenue
102
S.
Union
Avenue
112
S.
Union
Avenue
114-116
S.
Union
Avenue
118-120
S.
Union
Ave
122
S.
Union
Avenue
124
S.
Union
Avenue
126
S.
Union
Avenue
1268-128
1/2
S.
Union
Avenue
130-132
S.
Union
Ave.
OWNER'S
NAME
&
ADDRESS
Larry
G.
Moore
115
S.
Union
Avenue, Pueblo,
CO 81003
Larry
G.
Moore/Leonard
E.
Olson
115
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
James
P,
& Bertha
L.
Grosso
162
Princeton
Street,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Louis
&
Dora
Borinsky
2306
Montezuma
Rd.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Rose
Litvack
2216
Balboa
Rd.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Benjamin
E.
&
Darlene
B.
Smith
2026
Elmwood
Lane,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Guy
&
Martha
N.
Stringer
1742
MacKenzie
Rd.,
Pueblo,
CO
81001
Alamo,
Inc.
102
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Anderson
Enterprises,
Inc.
110
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Frank
H.
McConnell
2032
Lynwood
Lane,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Frank
H.
McConnell
1.16
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Betty
Lou
Harvey
4667
1-25,
N.,
Pueblo,
CO
81008
Joseph
W.
&
Claudette
Burgett
1719
Lake
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
John
&
Mildred
Piserchio
126
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Bill
J.
Kochevar
1052
S.
Santa
Fe
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Block
Properties,
Inc.
(Andy
Holman)
P.
0.
Box
1506
Pueblo,
CO
81002
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AVENUE
HISTORIC
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PROPERTY
ADDRESS
26.
201-203
S.
Union
Ave,
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
37.
38.
207-209
1/2
S.
Union
211-213
1/2
S.
Union
215
S.
Union
Avenue
217
S.
Union Avenue
219
S.
Union
Avenue
221
S.
Union Avenue
223-227
S.
Union
227
S.
Union
Avenue
229
S.
Union
Avenue
231-233
1/2
S.
Union
200
S.
Union
Avenue
202
S.
Union
Avenue
204
S.
Union Avenue
OWNER'S
NAME
&
ADDRESS
Pete
&
Rosje
Junta
1907
Liberty
Dr.,
Pueblo,
CO
81006
James
A.
&
Suzanne
M.
Hildebrandt
802
VanBuren
St.,
Pueblo, CO
81004
Thomas
L.
&
Pamela
Sue
Cowen
2907
4th
Avenue, Pueblo,
CO
81008
LeRoy
F.
Fagan
1508
Lake
Avenue,
Pueblo, CO
81004
Bob
Bernard
Al
&
Aubrey
Ambrose
Roy
Brown
200
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Aubrey
(Al)
Ambrose
200
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
El
Patio
Partnership
221
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
John
M.
Mace
223
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo, CO 81003
John
M.
Mace
223
S.
Union
Avenue, Pueblo,
CO
81003
Son-Tron,
Inc.
229
S.
Union
Avenue, Pueblo,
CO
81003
Ariderson
Enterprises,
Inc.
110
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo, CO
81003
Aubrey
&
Al Ambrose
Roy
Brown
206
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo, CO 81003
Aubrey
&
Albert
Ambrose
Roy
Brown
206
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo, CO
81003
Elsa
Makovsky
311
N.
Santa
Fe
Ave.,
Pueblo, CO
81003
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(11-71)
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
off
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT
Item
number
4
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PROPERTY
ADDRESS
206
S.
Union Avenue
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
208-210
S.
Union
214-216
S.
Union
218
S.
Union
Avenue
220
S.
Union
Avenue
222.
S.
Union
Avenue
224
S.
Union
Avenue
226-228
S.
Union
230
S.
Union
232-232
1/2
S,
Union
301
S.
Union
Avenue
303-305
S.
Union
307
S.
Union
Ave.
309
S,
Union
Ave,
311
S.
Union
Avenue
OWNER'S NAME
&
ADDRESS
Aubrey
&
Al
Ambrose
Roy
Brown
206
S.
Union
Avenue, Pueblo,
CO
81003
Aubrey
&
Al
Ambrose/Roy
Brown
206
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Melbourne
(Jacob)
Kushnir
212
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Melbourne
(Jacob)
Kushnir
212
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Don
Rankin
P.
0.
Box
4013,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Paul
D.
&
Joyce
C.
Califano
2219
N.
Main
Street,
Pueblo, CO 81003
Joe
Giordano
225
S.
Main
Street,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Cleaver
Carpet
Center/Bill
Pumphrey
P.
0.
Box
957,
Pueblo,
CO
81002
Ernest
G.
&
Mary
R.
Hall
230
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Roderick
D.
Myers/Jeffrey
L.
Dawkins
235
1/2
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Sammy,
Jr..,
&
Sabio
Concialdi
301
S.
Union
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO 81003
Jene
Moorei
228
Baylor,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Frank &
Phyllis
Costanza
33
Dartmouth
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Jene
Moore
228
Baylor,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
off
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT
Item
number
4
Page
BLDG.
#
PROPERTY ADDRESS
54.
315
S.
Union
Avenue
55.
56.
57
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
317
S.
Union
Avenue
319
S.
Union
Avenue
323
S.
Union
Avenue
325
1/2
S.
Union
327-335
S.
Union
304-306
S.
Union
308-308
1/2
S.
Union
310
S.
Union
Avenue
312-316
S.
Union
318
S.
Union
320-324
S.
Union
328
S.
Union
Ave
330
S.
Union
Ave
400
S.
Union
Ave
OWNER'S
NAME
&
ADDRESS
Richard &
Doralee
Ruth
Bugg
3105
Royal
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Lucrecio
G.
&
Nora
Gomez
317-137
1/2
S.
Union,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Henry
J.
&
Ellyn
Geisel
P. 0.
Box
1421,
Pueblo,
CO
81002
Joe
Koncilja
525
W.
llth,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
P. 0.
Box
1421,
Pueblo,
CO
81002
Roderick
D.
Myers
325
1/2
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo, CO 81003
Mary
Battaglia
2117
Wyoming
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Ernest
G.
Hall
230
1/2
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Joe
Koncilja
525
W.
llth
Street,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
John
C.
Harrison
220
Nelson
Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Rayjo
6e
Co./Glajo
&
Co.
324
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Rayjo
&
Co./Glajo
&
Co.
324
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Rayjo
&'Co./Glajo
&
Co.
324
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Rayjo
&
Co./Glajo
&
Co.
324
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Rayjo
&
Co./Glajo
&
Co.
324
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO 81003
Aluminum
Specialties
Mfg.
Co.
"B"
St.
& Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
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(11-71)
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
off
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT
Item
number
4
Page
BLDG.
#
PROPERTY ADDRESS
400
S.
Union
Ave.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
101-103
S.
Main
St.
129-131;
or
131-133
S.
Main
St.;
or
112
E.
"D"
Street
227-229
S.
Main
St.
231
S.
Main
Street
108
E.
"D"
Street
112
E.
"D"
Street
112-126
W.
"D"
St
103-111
W.
"B"
St
113-115
W.
"B"
St
119
W.
"B"
St.
121-125
W.
"B"
St.
81/82/
100-299
W.
"B"
St
&
83
84.
109
E.
"C"
St.
OWNER'S NAME
&
ADDRESS
Aluminum
Specialties
Mfg.
Co.
"B"
St.
&
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Anthony
Ray
Aguilera
102
S.
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Victor
Bain
219
N.
Northern
Avenue
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Gerald
F.
&
Betty
A.
Barbera
231
S.
Main
St.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Aluminum
Specialties
Mfg.
Co.
"B"
St.
&
Union
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Bill
J.
Kochevar
1052
S.
Santa
Fe
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Victor
Bain
219
N.
Northern
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Rose
E.
Aguilera
710
Minnequa
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Mary
Battaglia
2117
Wyoming
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Santo
Fabrizio
2907 2nd
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81008
Santo
Fabrizio
2907
2nd
Ave.,
Pueblo,
CO
81008
James Coke
&
Russell
Thomas
125
S.
Main,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
c/o
Hinman,
Supt.
Pueblo
Union
Depot
&
Railroad
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Arthur
C.
&
Mary
A.
Martinez
109
E.
"C"
St.,
Pueblo, CO 81003
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OWNER'S
NAME
&
ADDRESS
85.
86.
87.
116-118
E.
"C"
St.
102
S.
Victoria
Ave
104
S.
Victoria
Ave
Gerald
&
Betty
Barbera
Anthony
&
Olive
G.
Barbera
231
S.
Main
St.,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Stanley
& Mary
K.
Cope
102
S.
Victoria,
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Donald
A.
&
Patrick
H.
Morton
104
S.
Victoria
Pueblo,
CO
81003
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SOUTH
GRAND
1.
"C"
Vail
Hotel
(217
S.
Grand
Avenue),
National
Register
property.
1911,
single-detached,
five-story
concrete
and
white-brick
facade
structure.
Presently
on
the
National
Register
and due
to
be
remodeled
for
senior
citizem
housing.
'
2.
"C"
Senate
Bar
(219
S.
Grand
Avenue),
Star
Journal
press
office.
c.
1904,
two-story,
light-brick
structure.
Originally
Star
Journal
press
offices.
Decorated
piers
and
plinth,
boxed
cornice
with
brackets,
entablature
above
frieze,
altered
First-floor
facade
by
stuccoing.
NORTH
UNION
3.
"C"
Office
Building
(101-103
N.
Union),
Riverside
Building.
1890,
originally
the
Railroad
Y.M..C.A.,
erected
by
Andrew
McClelland
and
named
the
Riverside
Block;
three-story,
red-br*ick
structure
with
rough
stone
facade
and
protruding
bay
windows
on
second
and
third
floors,
colonnade
supports
on
the
first
floor, and
cresting.
4.
"C"
Store
(105-107
N.
Union),
Bayle
Block,
1889,
P.P.
Mills
Archi-
tect.
A
two-story
brick
structure,
boxed
cornice
with
brackets
and
dated
frieze,
decorated
parapet
gable
with
name
block,
belt
course,
decorated
piers
and
lintels,
drop
or
pendant
at
cornice
corner,
recessed
double
panel
main
doors,
and
cast
iron
posts.
5.
"NC"
Store
and
Offices
(111
No.
Union).
c.
1950,
one-story,
yellow-glazed
brick
facade;
glass
front.
CITY
HALL
PLACE
*
6.
"C"
City
Hall
and
Memorial^Hall
(#1
City
Hall
Place),
City Hall
1917,
attached
auditorium
1919.
Three-story,
smooth-cut
stone
structure
with
attached
auditorium,
engaged
columns,
recessed
windows,
boxed
cornice
and
frieze,
parapet
entabla-
ture,
decorated
panels,
cupola
with
windows
topped
with
a
dome,
and
decorated
pediment,
dated.
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States
Department
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Inventory—Nomination
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Avenue
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Continuation
sheet
District____________
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number
Page
3
SOUTH
UNION
7.'
"C"
8
10
11
12
13
14
15.
16
17
18
19
20
"V"
"V"
"NC
1
"V"
"C"
'NC
1
'NC'
"C
1
Store
(103
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
"D"
S.
Union),
c.
1886,
part
of
Stewart
Block:
corbeling, brick
piers,
one-story,
red-brick
structure.
Store
(105
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
"C"
S.
Union),
c.
1886,
part
of
Stewart
Block:
corbeling,
brick
piers,
one-story,
brick
structure.
>
Store
(107-109
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
1-3
S.
Union
Avenue),
Orman
and
Crook's
Armory
Block.
c.
1886,
two-story
brick,
stuccoed,
and
windows
filled.
V
Vacant
Lot
(111
S.
Union).
Vacant
Lot
(113
S.
Union).
Electric Company
(115
S.
Union).
c.
1978,
one-story,
small
cinder
block
building.
Vacant
Lot
(117-119
S.
Union).
Store
(121
S.
Union).
1902,
Erickson
Block:
two-story,
red-brick
structure
with
decorative
brick
work,
stone
lintels,
and
brick
piers;
parapet
rises
above
a
horizontal
molded
and
decorated
band.
Store
(123-127
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
red-brick,
one-story
c.
1921:
red-brick,
one-story
with
stepped
gable.
Store
(127
1/2-129
S.
Union),
structure
with
stepped
gable.
Store
(131-133
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
red-brick
structure,
one-story
with
stepped
gable.
Store
(102-108
S.
Union).
c.
1955:
structure
with
plate
glass
front.
one-story,
red-brick
Store
(110-116
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story,
red-brick
structure
with
plate
glass
front.
Store
(118-120
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story,
red-brick
structure
with
decorative
contrasting
brick
and
stepped
roof
line.
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21
22
23
24
25
33
"C"
"C"
Store
(122-122
1/2
S.
Union).
c.
1905:
one-story,
small
red-brick
with
piers;
and
sash
and
transom
windows.
Antique
Store
(124
S.
Union).
c.
1905:
two-story
white
brick;
brick
piers
and
spandrel;
stone
lintels;
belt
course;
and
corbeling.
Tavern
(126
S.
Union).
c.
1905:
two-story,
red-brick;
flush,
light
transoms;
corbeling;
and
brick
piers.
Store
(128-128
1/2
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
c.
1883:
24 S.
Union),
two-story
red-brick
structure;
cast
Price
Block.
iron
posts
on
first
floor;
belt
courses;
and
arched
stone
labels
above
windows.
Store
(130-132
S.
Union),
1889
Gold
Dust
Block.
three-story,
*~
brick
structure;
decorated
entablature;
cast
iron
posts;
storfe
piers
and
lintels;
decorated
pediment
with
date and
name;
six
urns;
and
boxed
cornice
with
brackets and
frieze.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
/
32.
"NC"
"C"
"C"
"NC"
"V"
"V"
"C"
Auto
Repair
(201-205
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story
brick,
stuccoed.
Stores
(207-209
1/2
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story
brick,
stuccoed.
Store
(211-213
1/2
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story
brick
with
piers;
diamond
shape
decorative
brick;
stepped
gable
roof
line.
Tavern
(215
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story,
red-brick,
painted;
cinder
block
front;
corbeling.
Vacant
Lot
(217
S.
Union).
Under
construction.
Vacant
Lot
(219
S.
Union).
Under
construction.
Tavern
(221
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
"F"
S.
Union),
Turf
Exchange
(1894).
two-story
brick,
metal
cornice,
corbeling,
first
floor
altered.
Storage
(223
S.
Union),
Schlitz
Building.
c.
1905:
two-story,
red
brick
with
stone-belt
course,
pier
and
spandrel
walls,
copper
decorative
frieze
saying
"Schlitz,"
decorative corbeling
and
copper
"world"
on
parapet;
First
floor
altered.
Original
use
as
a
saloon.
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Item
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34.
'NC'
-•'
35.
"C"
,
36.
"C"
37
-'
38
39.
40.
41.
42.
/
43.
44.
'V
'C'
"C"
"C"
Storage
(227
S.
Union).
c.
1946:
one-story
brick
with
glazed
brick
facade.
Store
(229
S.
Union).
c.
1896:
two-story,
red-brick
with
original
white-brick
facade
and
stone-belt corbeling.
...,-f/'.'-'-.-
-•:
.,
'>•.'••'
••'
.,'y"""
Store
(231-233
1/2
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
61-63
S.
Union),
Holden
Block.
c.
1883:
original
use
South
Pueblo
National
Bank;
three-story
red-brick
structure
with
white-brick
.front
and
rectangular,
segmental,
triangular,
and
centre
pointed
window
shapes,
with
labels
and
radiating voussoirs;
first
story
has
been
altered.
Store
(200-202
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
30-32
S.
Union),
Old
Post
Office
Block
(1886);
Orman
Block
(1888).
c.
1883:
two-story
brick,
stuccoed;
pier
and
spandrel
walls;
windows
stuccoed
over;
stone
labels
with
keystone
and
lug
sills
remain;
decorated
pediment.
Store
(204
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
1883:
34
S.
Union),
Kitchen
boxed
cornice;
brackets
with
frieze;
cast
Block.
c
iron
posts;
stained
glass;
wooden
store
front;
stuccoed.
Store
(206
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
36
S.
Union),
Gage
Block.
c.
1883:
two-story,
light-brick
structure
with
segmental
arch
window
heads,
brick
arch
and
radiating
voussoirs.
Vacant
Lot
(208-210
S.
Union).
Store
(214-216
S.
Union).
1900:
one-story,
uneven
cut
local
stone;
stone
piers
with
plinth;
and
plain
wooden
enta-
blature,
dated.
Store
(218
S.
Union).
1929:
one-story,
white-brick
structure
with
red
decorative
brick;
sash
windows
above
plate
glass;
and
stepped
gable
roof
line.
Store
(220
S.
Union).
c.
1921:
one-story,
red-brick
structure
with
white-brick
trim;
stepped
gable
roof
line.
Vacant
(222
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
50
S.
Union),
J.
P.
Hanna
Block
(1886),
DeReimer
Block
(1893).
1881:
two-story
red
brick;
brick
piers
and
plinth;
wooden
entablature;
stone
belt
course;
stone
labels
with
key-
r.
stone;
and
ornate
stone,
copper,
and
wood
decorated
gable
with
copper
shingling,
dated.
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45.
46.
47.
48
49.
50.
51.
52
53
54
55
56
"C"
"C"
M/-»
11
"C"
"C"
"C
M
Store
(224
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
52
S.
Union),
c.
1883:
two-story
brick,
cast
iron
posts;
boxed
cornice
with
brackets;
stuccoed.
Store
(226-228
S.
Union),
Graham-Wescott
Block,
c.
1887:
two-story
cut
stone;
three
store
fronts
supported
by
cast
iron
decorative
posts;
embossed
glass
windows
stating
"Rooms"
and
address;
copper,
ornate
decorated
pediment,
dated;
decorated
boxed
cornice
with
brackets;
entablature;
cresting;
and
pendants.
Store
(230
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
58
S.
Union),
DeReimer
Block.
c.
1883:
three-story
red
brick;
brick
piers
with
decorative
plinths;
boxed
cornice;
decorated
frieze;
and
decorated
pediment.
Restaurant/Dinner
Theatre
(232-232
1/2
S.
Union),
Holden
Block.
c.
1888:
three-story
red
brick,
cast
iron
posts
and
spandrel;
20
rectangular
windows
on
side
wall,
with
arches
and
radiating
voussoirs
with
keystone;
and
decorative
cast
iron
panel.
Tavern-Restaurant
(301
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
65
S.
Union).
cT1883:
concrete
block
addition;
c.
1940:
one-story
block
long,
stuccoed.
Stores
(303-305
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
cT1883
:
one-story
brick,
67-69
S.
Union).
Store
(307
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
71
S.
Union).
c.
1883:
one-story
brick,
Store
(309
S,
Union/Historic
Address:
73
S.
Union).
c.
1883:
one-story
brick.
Stores
(311-313
S.
Union).
c.
1905:
one-story
red
brick;
piers;
inulti-paned
glass;
stuccoed;
rehabilitation
in
progress.
Storage
(315
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
79
S.
Union),
Homes
Block--c.
1883.
one-story,
white
brick;
stuccoed
new
facade;
c.
1921.
Tavern
(317
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
81
S.
Union),c.
1883.
two-story,
red
brick;
decorative white
brick;
new
facade--c.
1920
Stores
(319-321
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
83-85
S.
Union),
Walley
Block
(1883),
Buerger
Block
(1896).
c.
1883:
two-story
red
brick;
remodeled
plain
white
brick
facade--c.
1920.
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->
"
c
"
Store
(323
S.
Union).
c.
1900:
two-story,
red
brick
structure
with
brick
piers;
corbeling;
and-arched
radiating
voussoirs
over
windows.
First
story
has
been
altered.
58.
"C"
Store
&
Apartment
(325-325
1/2
S.
Union),
Tivoli
Building-1896
two-story
cut
stone
with
piers;
steel
belt
course
and
decorated
concrete
belt
course.
59.
"C"
Stores
(327-335
S.
Union),
William
Strait
Block,
G.
W.
Roe
Architect.
c.
1893:
two-story
red
brick
structure
with
four
store
fronts;
also
pier
and
spandrel
with
plinth,
two
iron
belt
courses,
stone
belt
course,
corbeling,
and
17
spaced
windows
across
the
front.
60.
"C"
Store
(304-306
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
66-68
S.
Union),
Donnegan
Block.
c.
1883:
two-story
red
brick
structure.
Brick
piers
with
plinth,
decorated.
Three-center
door
openings
with
double
transoms,
decorated
lintels.
61.
"C"
Vacant
(303-308
1/2
S.
Union),
J.S.
Glass
Clothing
Store--
National
Register
"property.
1889:
three-story,
red-brick
presently
being
restored.
Two
belt
courses,
boxed
cornice
with
decorated
frieze.
Cast
iron
store
front
supports,
etched
and
embossed
glass,
semi-circular
and
segmental
window
heads
with
connecting
lintels
62.
"C"
Tavern
(310
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
72
S.
Union).
c.
1883:
two-story
red
brick
stone
lug
sills
and
lintels,
rosettes
on
iron
coursing,
and
corbeling.
63.
"V"
Vacant
Lot
(312-316
S.
Union).
64.
"C"
Johnson
Electric
(318
S.
Union/Historic
Address:
80
S.
Union),
Beauchamp
Block.
c.
1883:
two-story
red
brick,
iron belt
course
with
rosettes,
stone
belt
course,
pier
and
spandrel
wall
construction,
recessed
segmental
window
head
with
arched
voussoirs.
65.
NC"
Johnson
Electric
(320-324
S.
Union).
c.
1945:
one-story
red
brick
building;stuccoed;
new
glazed
yellow
brick
front.
constructed
from
two
smaller
structures
in
1945.
66.
V"
Vacant
Lot
(328
S.
Union).
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Avenue
Historic
District
Item
number
7
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8
67
v
68
Store
(330
S.
Union),
McLaughlin
Block.
1891:
three-story
red
brick
structure
with
stone
piers,
spandrel
with
plinth,
stone belt
courses
and
lug
sills;
12
recessed
Palladian
windows
with
arched
radiating
voussoirs;
date
stone;
and
parapet
and
entablature
at
roof
line.
Aluminum
Products
(400
S.
Union), Holmes
Hardware
Building.
c~.
—iyu:>:three-story
red
brick,
rosette
columns
at
front
door,
square
cast
iron
posts
on
first
£loor,
pier
and
spandrel wall
on
second
and
third
'floors,
cornice
boxed,
frieze
decorated,
semi-elliptical
window
heads,
double
arches,
and
radiating
voussoirs
on
third
floor.
69.
SOUTH
MAIN
70.
71.
C"
"C
1
72.
73.
EAST
"D
1
74.
"C
1
75.
Storage
(412-414
S.
Union),
Holmes
Hardware,
with
tin
siding.
c.
1905:
concrete
Store
(103
S.
Main).
and
corbeling.
c.
1917:
.
two-story
red
brick
structure
Vacant
(131
S.
Main/Historic
Address:
29-31
6th),
J.
N.
Langworthy
(1894).
c.
1883:
two-story
native
stone,
rough
cut;
decorated
smooth
cut
piers;
segmental
window
heads;
boxed
cornice
with
brackets
and
decorated
frieze;
urns
at
roof
corners;
and
recessed
side
windows,
semi-elliptical.
Sign
Company
(227-229
S.
Main/Historic
Address.-
59-61
6th).
c.
1883:
two-story
brick;
pier
and spandrel
with
cast
iron
and
wood
supports;
entablature
with
brackets;
recessed
windows
with
wooden
moldings;
stone
liiitels-
with
keystones;
corbeling;
and
double
wooden
doors;
original
use
as
a
livery.
Sign
Company
(231
S.
Main/Historic
Address:
62
6th).
c.
1883:
two-story
red
brick;
pier
and
spandrel
wall;
belt
course;
recessed
windows;
and
semi-elliptical
lintels.
First story
has
been
altered.
Sign
Company
(108
"D"
Street,
E.).
c.
1900:
one-story
brick
building,
painted;
an
addition
to
the
Gold
Dust
Block
(130
S.
Union
Avenue).
Vacant
(112
"D"
Street,
E.),
Pueblo
Press
Building.
c.
1889:
three-story
brick
structure
with
name
over
door;
triangular-
shaped
building;
quoins;
stone-belt
course
and
stone
lintels;
and
recessed
segmental
window
heads.
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Historic
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Inventory—Nomination
Form
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Avenue
Historic
Continuation
sheet
District
Item
number
7
76.
"C"
Offices
(112-126
"D"
Street,JB)
.,
Telephone
Office,
addition,
plus
garage.
c.
1904:
threre-story
red
brick
with
modified
boxed
cornice
and
brackets,
recessed
front
door,
belt
course,
lug
sills,
and
decorated
brick
labels.
WEST
"B"
77.
"C
11
Stores &
Apartments
(103-111
"B"
Street,
W.),
William
Strait
"
Block.
c.
1891:
original use
as
"The
Anthony"
Hotel
—
three
story
red
brick
with
five
store
fronts;
wooden
moldings;
stone
piers
and
spandrel
wall:
stone
quoins
at
side
of
building;
stone
belt
course
and
stone
lintels;
parapet;
and
entablature.
78.
"C"
Store
(113-115
"B"
Street,
W)
,
Coors
Building,
Vendome
Hotel,
Second
Floor
(1903-1904).
Two-story
red
brick;
belt
course;
'"
decorated
entablature;
recessed
decorated
concrete
panels
above
first
floor.
79.
"C"
Cafe
and
Tavern
(117-119
"B"
Street,
W.).
c.
1905:
two-story
red
brick;
western
front
facade;
arid
corbeling.
80.
"C"
Hotel
and
Tavern
(121-129
"B"
Street,
W.),
Arcade
Building,
(Arcade
European
Hotel--1904-1905).
Three-story
red
brick
with
four
store
fronts;
original
use
as
tavern,
hotel,
cigar
store,
and
restaurant;
boxed
cornice
with
brackets;
frieze;
decora-
tive
cement
work;
and
stone
lintels.
81.
"C"
Depot
Annex
—
Stores
(100
"B"
Street,
W.),
Post
Office
Terminal
Station.
1922
and
c.
1950:
one-story
brick
structures
with
hipped
roof,
arched doorways
and
windows;
corbeling
on
belt
course;
raised
brick
for
decorative
purposes;
decorative
frieze;
iron
work
on some
windows;
the
addition
is
brick
faced
cinder
block.
82.
"C"
Union
Depot
(132
"B"
Street,
W.).
1889-1890,
four-story
Romanesque
Revival
stone
structure
with
clock
tower,
presently
on
the
National Register
as an
historic
site.
83.
"C"
Business
Space
(200
"B"
Street,
W.)
,
Railway
Express
Building,
1889-1890:
one-story,
long,
red-brick
warehouse
storage
and
railroad
loading
dock.
EAST
"C"
84.
"NC"
Car
Repair
(109
"C"
Street,
E.).
c.
1950:
one-story
brick
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85.
"C"
Store
(116-118
"C"
Street,
E.).
c.
1883:
two-story
red
brick;
pier
and
spandrel
wall,
attached
by
addition
to
231
S.
Main
Building.
SOUTH
VICTORIA
86.
"C"
Office
Supplies
(100-102
S.
Victoria),
part
of
Stewart
Block
c.
1893:
two-story
red
brick,
cast
iron
window
supports,
stone-belt
course, stone piers,
and
decorative
brick
w'ork;
altered
first-floor
materials,
with
added
alpine
roof
facade
87.
"C"
School
Supplies
(104
S.
Victoria).
c.
1905:
three-story
red
brick,
with
floor-to-ceiling
front
windows
and corbeling
8.
Significance
Period
prehistoric
1400-1499
1500-1599
1600-1699
1700-1799
_^_
1800-1
899
_x_1900-
Areas
of
Significance
—
Check
and
justify
below
archeology-prehistoric
community
planning
archeology-historic
conservation
agriculture
economics
x
architecture
education
art
engineering
_
2C.
commerce
exploration/settlement
communications
'
industry
invention
landscape
architecture
law
literature
military
music
philosophy
politics/government
religion
science
sculpture
social/
humanitarian
theater
transportation
other (specify)
Specific
dates
i883-1920s
Builder/Architect
N/A
Statement
of
Significance
(in
one
paragraph)
The
Union Avenue
Historic
Commercial
District
is
significant
locally
in
representing
the
best
cohesive
collection
in
Pueblo
of
late
Victorian
and
early
twentieth
century
styles
as
applied
to
commercial
architecture.
The
district
also
has
importance
for
its
long
standing
contribution
to
the
commercial
development
of
the
community.
The
Union
Avenue
District
is
an
early
commercial
district
which
spans
the
old
Arkansas
River
channel
and
has
its
origins
in
the
towns
of
South
Pueblo
and
Central
Pueblo.
The
Town
of
South
Pueblo
was
developed
on
the
south
side
of
the
Arkansas
River
as
a
colony
of the
Denver
and
Rio
Grande
Railway.
The
railroad
purchased
a
portion
of the
Nolan
Land
Grant;
formed
the
Central
Colorado
Improvement
Company;
and
in
1872
recorded
a
plat
for
South
Pueblo.
The
town
of
South
Pueblo
was
incorporated
October
27,
1873.
The
ffown
of
Central
Pueblo
was
incorporated
June
21,
1882.
The
town
consisted
of
a
small
triangular
piece
of
property,
north
of
the
Arkansas
River,
which
had
been
sub-
divided
by
Mr.
Kretchmers
following
the
1874
straightening
of the
Arkansas
River
channel.
The
three
towns
of
South
Pueblo,
Central
Pueblo,
and
Pueblo
wen
incorporated
in
April
of
1886.
Article
VI
of
the
Articles
of
Consolidation
specified
the
location
for
the
Pueblo
City
Kail.
"The
City
Hall
of
said
consolidated
City
shall
be
erected
there
at
some
point
not
further
north
than
second
street
in
the
present
city
of
Pueblo,
and
not
further
south
than
the
Arkansas
River."
The
City
Hall
constructed
following
consolidation
and
the
existing City
Hall
are
within
the
specified
area.
Li.--la
is
'.mtten^of
^the
eairly
aistory
of
Union
Avenue.
-The
Central
Colorado
Improvement
Association
originally
laid
out
the
South
Pueblo
colony
in
three
divisions.
The
bottom,
or
lower
division
which
borders
the
Arkansas
River
on
the
north
and
contains
a
portion
of
the
Union
Avenue
District,
was
originally
intended
for
the
heavier
branches
of
wholesale
business
and
manufacturing
interests.
The
railroad
companies
were
to
have
their
depots
and
shops
in
this
area.
The
location
of
the
railroad depots
and
the
associated
warehousing
activities
in
this
area
have
had
a
significant
influ-
ence
in
the
development
of
the
area.
9.
Major
Bibliographical
References
See
continuation
sheet.
10.
Geographical
Data
Acreage
of
nominated
property
_
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Verbal
boundary
description
and
justification
See
Map
1
for
district
boundaries.
List
all
states
and
counties
for
properties
overlapping
state
or
county
boundaries
state
n/a
code
county
code
state
code
county
code
11.
Form
Prepared
By
name/title
See
continuation
sheet.
organization
date
street
&
number
telephone
city
or
town
state
12.
State
Historic
Preservation
Officer
Certification
The
evaluated
significance
of
this
property
within
the
state
is:
__
national
__
state
x_
local
As
the
designated
State
Historic
Preservation
Officer
for
the
National
Historic
Preservation
Act
of
1966
(Public
Law
89-
665),
I
hereby
nominate
this
property
for
inclusion
inthe
National
Register
and
certify
that
it
has
been
evaluated
according
to
the
criteria
and
procedures
set
forth
Jpfwe
Heritage£onsery/gron
and
Recreation
Service.
State
Historic
Preservation
Officer
signature
—————————————————————————^*————
tjt
i
e
State
Historic
Preservation
Officer
date
September
22,
1982
PiilnHHHHHB^^^^^^^^^jEg^BH^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J
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States
Department
of
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Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
Union
Avenue Historic
Continuation
sheet
District
Item
number
8
Page
2
Union
Avenue
was
originally
identified
on
the
plat
of
South
Pueblo
as
5th
Street.
The
street
is
first
identified
as
Union
on an
1880
panoramic
view
of
the
city.
That
portion
of the
avenue
north
of
the
River
is
identi-
fied
as
Union,
while
that
portion
south
of
the
river
is
still
identified
as
5th.
By
1882,
all
maps
of
the
area
identify
the
venue
as
Union.
This
first
mention
of
Union
Avenue,
then 5th
Street,
appears
in
a
Colorado
Chieftain
article
which
has
been
reprinted
in
the
If74
prospectus,
The
Pueblo
Colony
of
Southern
Colorado.
"The
river
is
crossed
by
two
passenger
bridges,and
the
lumber
is
already
on
the
ground
for
a
third
across
fifth
street
(Union
Avenue).
A
new
street
passenger railway
is
planned
to
run
from
Abriendo
Avenue
on
the
Mesa,
down
El
Paso
Avenue
(Union
Avenue)
to
fifth
street
(Union
Avenue)
and
through
it
across
the
new
bridge."
The
exact
date
of
the
construction
of
this,
the
first
Union
Avenue
bridge
or.
the
construction
of the
horse-drawn
trolley
line
is
not
known.
The
first
map
to
show
the
trolley
line
down
Union
Avenue
appears
in
1882.
This
line
connects
Bessemer
and
the
steel
works
on
the
south
side
of
the
river
with
the
city
of
Pueblo
on the
north,
via
Union
Avenue
and
the
Union
Avenue
bridge.
There
are
many
factors
which
helped
establish
Union
Avenue
as
a
commercial
district,
but
the
running
of
this
first
trolley
line,
which
connected
the
north
and
south
sides
of
the
river
via
Union
Avenue,
was
one
of
the
more
important.
The
Union_AYenue
area
quickly
developed
following
the
platting
of
South
Pueblo
^ia-'T^TTTxThe
1875
Colorado
State
Business
Directory
lists
57
busi-
nesses
itT-5eu~th
Pueblo"!Most
of
these
are
along
Union
Avenue.
The
first
brick
structures
along
the
Avenue
appear
in
the
early
1880s,-
and
by
the
time
the
1904-05
Sanborn
Map
was
published,
most
of
the
structures
which
appear
on
the
avenue
today
were
already
developed.
Prominent
structures
within
he
district
constructed
after
this
date include
City/Memorial
Hall
and
the
Vail
,Hotel.
The
street
remained
relatively
stable
until
June
of
1921
when
the
Arkansas
River
inundated
the
entire
Union
Avenue
area
and
much
of
the
downtown. The
flood
was
physically
and
financially
devastating
to
both
the
town
and
Union
Avenue
area.
Many
of
the
buildings
next
to
the
river
channel
were
totally
destroyed,
while
others
were
damaged
or
structurally
weakened.
Those
structures
that
were
severely
damaged
were
subsequently demolished,
while
many
of
the
damaged
structures
were
repaired
or
remodeled
in
the
style
of
the
period.
The
result
was
that
many
structures
which
were
ori-
ginally
constructed
in
the
1880s
appear
to
be
constructed
in
the
1920's.
On
those
lots
where
the
structures
had
been
completely
destroyed
or
subse-
quently
demolished,
new
one-story
structures
which
reflect
the
commercial
architectural
style
of
the
1920s,
were
built.
The
high
water
mark
from
this
flood
can
still
be
seen
on
some
of
the
buildings
in
the
area.
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(11-78)
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States
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of
the Interior
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and
Recreation
Service
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Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
Union
Avenue
Historic
Continuation
sheet
District
Item
number
8
Page
3
Following
the
flood
and
the
economic collapse
of
many
of
Pueblo's
basic
industries
in
the
early
1920s,
;
Union Avenue
began
to
decline.
In
the
late
1930s,
and
1940s
r
the
avenue's
economy
was
tied
to
the
railroad
passenger
business,
and
Union
Avenue
became
known
for
its
many
taverns
and
its
"red
light" district.
Local folklore
states
that
in
1939
the
residents
of
Union
Avenue
on the
Mesa
petitioned
the
City
Council
and
successfully
changed
the
name
of
that
portion
of
Union
Avenue
to
Colorado
Avenue.
The
residents
of
Union
Avenue
who
lived
on
the
Mesa
did
not
want
their
place
of
residence
confused
with
the
notorious
"Union
Avenue"
below
the
Mesa.
The
decline
in
rail
passenger business
and
a
"shut
down"
of
much
of
the
illegal
activity
along
the
Avenue
in
the
1950s.;
further
impacted
the
area.
Now
in
the
late
1970s.,
and
early
1980s,;
Union
Avenue
is
beginning
to
"turn
around."
New
investment
has
prompted
some
revitalization,
and
further
rehabilitation
and
redevelopment
seems
to
be in
the
offing.
An
area
business
association,
the
Historic
Pueblo
Business
Center
Association,
has
formed
and
has
begun
to
talk
about
common
problems
and
ways
to
redevelop
the
avenue.
The
area
is
also
significant
because
of
the
many
local
leaders
associated
with
it.
Much
of
the
early leadership
of
the
city
came
from
area
property
and
business
owners.
Following
is
a
listing
of
significant
leaders,
architects,
and
businesses
associated
with
the
area:
•
Alva
Adams,
Governor
of
the
State
of
Colorado,
1887-1889,
1897-1899,
and
1905.
•
W.A.L.
Cooper
(Cooper-Alien
Building),
President
of
Board
of
Trade.
•
A.E.
Graham
(Graham-Wescott
Building),
City
Treasurer,
1886.
•
D.L.
Holden
(Holden
Blocks
2
and
3),
Mayor
of
the
City
of
Pueblo,
1886,
and
President
of
the
Board
of
Trade.
•
Andrew
McClelland
(Riverside
Block),
President
of
the
Board
of
Trade
and
noted
local
philanthropist.
•
Vrn.
Strait
(W.
Strait
Building),
Mayor,
City
of
Pueblo,
1893-1894.
•
James
B.
Orman
(Orman
and
Crook
Armory
Block
and
Orman
Block),
Mayor,
City
of Pueblo,
1897-1899.
•
A.
Royale
(Holden
Block),
Vice
President
of
Central
National
Bank,
and
Mayor,
City
of
Pueblo,
1888.
•
John
Vail
(Star-Journal
Publishing
Building),
Founder
of
Star
Journal
Publishing
Comoanv
and
builder
of
t-hp
Vail
FHR-8-300
(11-78)
United
States
Department
of
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
of
Historic Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
Union
Avenue Historic
Continuation
sheet
District_____________
Item
number
8____________Page
4
Two
prominent
early Pueblo
architects
have
designed
buildings
in
the
Union
Avenue
District.
G.W.
Roe
was
the
architect
for the
Un.
Strait
Block,
and
P.P.
Mills
was
the
architect
of
the
Boyle
building.
The'most
prominent
"nationally
known"
business
to
be
located
on
the
Union
Avenue
was
the
Frazier
Saddle
Company.
Robert
Frazier,
in
partner
ship
with
Samuel
Gallup,
established
Pueblo
as
the
saddle
capital
of
America.
The
Frazier
catalog
was
known
as
the'Cowboy's
Bible."
FHR-8-300
(11-78)
United
States
Department
of
the Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National
Register
of
Historic Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
.
Union
Avenue Historic
Continuation sheet
District
____Item
number
9___________Page
2_____
MAJOR
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
REFERENCES
1.
Birds
Eye
View
of
Pueblo
Colorado,
1874,
South
Pueblo.
2.
Colorado
Business
Directory
Annual
Register
for
1875,
J.
A.
Blake,
Publisher,
Denver,
Colorado,1875
3.
Colorado
Business
Directory
Annual
Register
for
1876
and
1879-1900,
Miscellaneous
Publishers,
18/6
and
18/9-1900.
4.
Directories City
of
Pueblo
for
the
years
of
1889-1982,
Miscellaneous
Publishers,
1889-1982.
——————————————
5.
Insurance
Maps,
Pueblo,
Colorado,
1883, 1886,
1889,
1893,
1904-1905,
and
1941,
published
by
the
Sanborn
Map
Company,
New
York,
1883,
1886,
1889,
1893,
1904-1905,
and
1941.
6.
Map
of
Central
Pueblo,
1883.
7.
Map
of
Pueblo,
South
Pueblo,
and
Bessemer,
1882,
F.
E.
Baldwin
&
J.
S.
Greene,
C.E.
8.
Map
of
South
Pueblo,
Pueblo
County,
Colorado,
December,
1872.
9.
Map
Showing
the
Principal
Buildings
and
C.
in
the
Central
Portion
of
Pueblo.
Colorado,
1894,
H.P.
Bicknell,
C.E.
10.
Panoramic
View,
Pueblo
and
South
Pueblo,
Colorado,
1380.
11.
Pueblo
and
South
Pueblo
Directory,
1879-1880,
compiled
and
published
by
R.T.Dean
and
Company,
Atchison,Kansas"T879.
12.
Second
Annual
Directory
of
the
City
of
Pueblo
for
1886,
James
R.
Ives
&
Company,publishers,1886.
13.
The
Pueblo
Colony
of
Southern
Colorado.
Inquirer
Printing
and
Publishing
Company,1874.~
NFS
Form
10-900-a
OMB
No.
1024-0018
Exp.
10-31-64
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
National
Park
Service
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory
—
Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT
_______________
Item
number
10
___________
Page
2
______
VERBAL
BOUNDARY
DESCRIPTION
Beginning
at
a
point
created
by
the
intersection
of
the
east
side
of
N.
Union
Avenue
and
the
west
side
of
City Hall
Place;
from
this
point
running
SE
along
the
west
side
of
City
Hall
Place
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
west
side
of
Central
Main;
from
this
point
.running
SW
along
the
W
side
of
Central
&
S.
Main
to
the
intersection
with
S.
Elizabeth;
turnin
W,
extending
along
the N
side
of
S.
Eliz.
to
N.
Union;
then
S
along
the
E
side
of
N.
Union
to
the
N.
property
line
of
102
S.
Union;
running
E
until
it
intersects
with
S.
Main;
running
SW
along
the
W
side of
S.
Main
to
the
intersection with
the
property
line
between
Lots
18
&
19;
then
running
NW
to
the
intersection
with
the
W
side
of
the
alley
in
Block
60;
then
SW
along
th
W
side
of the
alley
to the
extension
of
the
property
line
between
Block
30
&
31,
Block;
then
southeast
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
west
side
of
S.
Main;
from
this
point
running
SW
along
the
west
side
of
S.
Main
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
north
side
of
East
"D"
Street;
from
this
point
running
NW
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
created
by
the
northeast
extension
of
the
west
side
of
the
alley
in
Block
59
/
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
SW
along
this
line,
to the
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
created
by
the
northwest extension
of
the
property
line
between
Lots
29
and
30
Block
59,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
SE
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
west
side
of
S.
Main;
from
this
point
running
SW
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
north
side
of
East
"C"
Street;
from
this
point
running
NW
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
created
by
the
northeast
extension
of the
west
side
of
the
alley
in
Block
58,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
SW
along
this line
through Block
57,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
created
by
the
north
side of
Track
No.
1
located
10
feet
northeasterly
of
as
measured
at
right
angles
to the
centerline
of
Pueblo
Union
Depot
Track
No.
1;
from
this
point
running
NW
parallel
to
and
10
feet
distant
from
said
centerline
to the
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
created
by
the
southwest extension
of
the
center
line of
Lamkin
Avenue
(vacated)
;
from
this
point
running
NE
along
this line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
south
side of
West
"B"
Street;
from
this
point
running
SE
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection with
the
extension
of
the
east
side
of
S.
Victoria
Avenue;
from
this
point
running
NE
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
property
line
between
Lots
3
and
4,
Block
48,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
SE
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
east
side
of
the alley,
Block
48,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
NE
along
this
line
through
Block
49,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
to the
point
of
intersection
with
the
extension
of
the
property
line
between
Lots
12
and
13
Block
49,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
NW
to the
point
of
intersection
with
the
east
side
of
South
Victoria;
from
this
point
running
NE
along
this
line to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
south
side
of
West
"D"
Street;
from
this
point
running
SE
along
this
line
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
created
by
the
southwest
extension
of the
east
side of
the
alley
in
Block
50
,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
NE
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
extension
of the
property
line
between
Lots
13
and
14,
South
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
NW
along
this
line
to
its
point
of
intersection
with
the
east
side
of
S.
Victoria
Avenue;
from
this
point
running
NE
along
this
line
to*
the
N.
side
of
the
lot
at
100-102
Victoria
Av.
and
extending
eastward
to
the
intersection
with
S.
Union;
turning
N.
along
the
W.
side
of
S.
Union
and
extending
to
the
N.
side
of
S.
Elizabeth;
turning
W.
and
extending
along
the
N.
side
of
S.
Elizabeth
to
the
E.
side
of
the
alley
which
runs
in
Block
B,
Kretchmer's
(c°ntinued)
NPS
Form
10-900-a
OMB
No
102
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>
Exp.
10-31-64
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
National
Park
Service
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
UNION
AVENUE
HISTORIC
Continuation
sheet
DISTRICT______________
Item
number
10
Page
3
subdivision
and
between
Block
"B,"
Kretchmer's
subdivision
and
Block
45,
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running
northeast
and
north
along
the
east
side
of
the
alley
to
a
point
of
intersection
with
a
line
which
runs
S.
70.45
feet
parallel
to
the
northern boundary
line
of
Block
45,
Pueblo
subdivision;
from
this
point
running east
along
this line to
its
point
of
intersection
with
the
west
side
of
S.
Grand
Avenue;
from
this
point
running
SE
to
the
point
of
intersection
with
the
west
side
of
N.
Union
Avenue;
from
this
point
running
east
across
N.
Union
Avenue
to
the
point
of
beginning.
FHR-8-300
(11-78)
United
States
Department
off
the
Interior
Heritage
Conservation
and
Recreation
Service
National Register
of
Historic
Places
Inventory—Nomination
Form
Union
Avenue
Historic
Continuation
sheet
District
Item
number
11___
__
Page
2
FORM
PREPARED
BY:
Jim
Munch,
Environmental
Planner
Pueblo Regional
Planning
Commission
1
City
Hall
Place
Pueblo,
CO
81003
Kerry
Kramer,
Director
El
Pueblo
Museum
905
S.
Prairie
Avenue
Pueblo,
CO
81005
Bob
Nicholson,
Director
Historic
Pueblo
Business
Center
Association
101
North
Union
Avenue
Pueblo,
CO 81003
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States
Department
of
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Interior
National
Park
Service
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OF
HISTORIC
PLACES
CONTINUATION
SUJSJST
Section
number
____
Page
___
_____________________________J.
S.
Glass
Clothing
Store
J.
S.
Glass
Clothing
Store
308
South
Union
Avenue
Pueblo,
Colorado
Listed
in
the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
on
September
18,
1978,
the
J.
S.
Glass
Clothing
Store,
also
known
as
Bella
Union,
was
significant
as
a
noteworthy
example
of
a
19th
century
Victorian
commercial
structure.
Built
in
1888,
it
was
the
first
three
story
building
and
the
first
commercial
office
complex
on
Union
Avenue.
Union
Avenue
is
significant
for
its
long
standing
contribution
to
the
commercial
and
business
development
of
Pueblo
and
southern
Colorado.
In
December
1982,
Union
Avenue
Historic
Business
District
was
listed
in
the
Register
and
included
Bella
Union
as
a
contributing
building.
Although
vacant
for
many
years,
the
building
was
being
restored
when
fire
destroyed
it
on
February
6,
1983.
The
J.
S.
Glass
Clothing
Store
ceases
to
meet
the
criteria
for
listing
in
the
National
Register
because
the
qualities
which
caused
it
originally
to
be
listed
are
destroyed. In
accordance
with
36
CFR
Part
60.15,
"Removing
Properties
from
the
National
Register,"
the
Colorado
State
Historic
Preservation
Office
has
begun
the
process
of
removing
the
J.
S.
Glass
building
from
the
National
Register.
APR
22
1991
NFS
F
(Rev.
NPS/CHS
(Approved
0MB
No.
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Format
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States
Department
of
the
Interior
National
Park
Service
NATIONAL
REGISTER
OF
HISTORIC
PLACES
CONTINUATION
SHEET
Section
number
Page
Farris
Hotel
Farris
Hotel
315
North
Union
Avenue
Pueblo,
Colorado
The
Union
Avenue
Historic
Business
District,
listed
in
the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
December
1982,
included
the
Farris
Hotel
as a
contributing
building.
Because
of
its
significance
as
the
oldest
standing
hotel
in
the
Pueblo
community,
the
Farris
Hotel
was
individually
listed
in
the
National Register
on
November
13,
1985.
Catering
to
the
railroad
travellers,
the
Farris
also
played
a
prominent
role
in
the
early
commercial
life
of
the
city.
On
February
16,
1991,
the
Farris
Hotel
was
demolished
and
ceases
to
meet
the
criteria
for
listing
in the
National
Register
because
the
qualities
for
which
it
was
originally
listed
are
now
destroyed.
The
Colorado
State
Historic
Preservation
Office
has
begun
the
process
of
removal
in
accordance
with
36
CFR
Part
60.15,
"Removing
Properties
from
the
National
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