835 Sopris Ave

David C. Beaman, a lawyer from Ohio, purchased 835 Sopris Avenue in 1888 from the Carbondale Town & Land Co.. In 1890 David was the attorney for the Colorado Coal & Fuel Co. and also for the White Breast Coal Co.. The home was built in 1893. He was involved in re-writing the fish and game laws for Colorado in 1899. Leo Leonhardy lived here sometime in the early 1900's, and then in 1906 Fred Fredericks purchased the home. In the same year, he sold to Jacob Sonner, listed as a department store salesman... and days later it was sold to George Gay. In 1907 Gay sold it back to Sonner, and then two months later Sonner sold it to Thomas Davis. There were a variety of additional owners, but significant to Carbondale is the fact that in the 1980's Sosorie Diemoz lived in the home. She was a schoolteacher and the daughter of Earnest and Rosie Diemoz, one of the families that came to the valley from Val d' Aosta, Italy in 1907. This Late Victorian home represents the typical modest style of homes constructed throughout the townsite. The hip on gable roof compliments the simple shed roof, which projects from the main wall plane over the door, and is supported by two turned wood posts. The home is wood frame with simple coved lap siding. The metal roof replaced asphalt shingles in the 1990's, and the rear porch was enclosed at some later point.

Town of Carbondale 2010 Architectural Survey (Reid Architects, Inc.)

carbondalegov.org

Carbondale Historical Society