511 Garfield Avenue
Introduction
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Built in roughly 1906, this building was used as a granary and was associated with a rail spur that connected it to the main valley railroad. The architecture of the building is distinctive and expressive of its function -- the long linear form and simple repetitive openings are characteristic of the warehouse use and the functional relationship to the rail spur. It was used for many years as a granary under the name of Robinson and White Granary; unfortunately, no ads for the granary were found in local newspapers of the time. The granary housed and sold potatoes along with seed, feed, and other grains. The Colorado Milling & Elevator Company sold the property to Freeman S. James sometime after 1936. Joan Lane owned the property before 1996 and converted the building into two residences in 1976. Nancy Clough, the current owner, related that Joan Lane was a proponent of affordable housing and rented one side of the building to her from 1980 until she purchased the property in 1996. Ms. Clough then converted the building back into a single-family residence.
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View south across 511 Garfield Avenue
Circa 1984
Circa 1996
Backstory and Context
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Built in roughly 1906, this building was used as a granary and was associated with a rail spur that connected it to the main valley railroad. The architecture of the building is distinctive and expressive of its function -- the long linear form and simple repetitive openings are characteristic of the warehouse use and the functional relationship to the rail spur. It was used for many years as a granary under the name of Robinson and White Granary; unfortunately, no ads for the granary were found in local newspapers of the time. The granary housed and sold potatoes along with seed, feed, and other grains. The Colorado Milling & Elevator Company sold the property to Freeman S. James sometime after 1936. Joan Lane owned the property before 1996 and converted the building into two residences in 1976. Nancy Clough, the current owner, related that Joan Lane was a proponent of affordable housing and rented one side of the building to her from 1980 until she purchased the property in 1996. Ms. Clough then converted the building back into a single-family residence.
Sources
Town of Carbondale Downtown Survey Project, 2006, Reid Architects, Inc., Manuscript on file, History Colorado, Denver, Colorado.
Carbondalegov.org
Carbondale Historical Society
Garfield County, Colorado, Assessor's Records
Town of Carbondale
Garfield County, Colorado, Assessor's Records
Garfield County, Colorado, Assessor's Records