811 Garfield Ave

811 Garfield Avenue was built around 1883 and our first records show Sara Dearing purchasing it in 1887. It was originally part of a small farm outside of the townsite. In 1888 it sold to CC Cotton, then to Charles Moore in 1889, and later to John Auld, a carpenter from Canada. Anna and Joseph Bardine (a miner in Marble) sold in 1898 to WJ and Emma Skidmore. The home next door was known as the "laundry house", and Emma was a laundress. In 1906 a series of owners named Needham occupied the property. The property was split, sold in shares and reassembled many times over the years, producing multiple owners and encumbrances. This Late Victorian home retains historic integrity in terms of its location, setting, feeling, and association; despite the loss of the original siding and windows, and the changes to the porch. At one time the entrance was on the 8th Street side. The shingles have been added in recent years. This home is a fine example of the style of the earliest building in town, and retains the integrity to convey its significance.