899 Garfield Ave
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899 Garfield Avenue, comprised of Lots 13-15, was owned by the town in the late 1800's, and then by a series of investors. Eliza and Frederick Childs moved from Denver in 1883 and settled on a farm in Satank (near the confluence of the Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers). In the late 1800's Frederick was the postmaster in Satank, and was appointed as a Garfield County judge; he then served as a county commissioner and superintendent of schools. When Frederick retired in 1910, they built this home. In 1928 the property was transferred to Hattie Zimmerman, their widowed daughter. She sold the home five months later to Carrie Kleiner Wald, a longtime Carbondale resident whose husband Conrad had died in an auto accident in the previous year. Evidently, Carrie rented the home to back to Hattie and her mother Eliza until 1932, when Eliza passed away. In 1964 William & Myrtle Cook bought the home as an investment. The original Late Victorian home measured 24'x 43' and has a hipped roof. The entire home is clad in wood weatherboard siding. Like many of the Victorians in town, the central chimney would have vented a fireplace or stove. Modern shutter-like panels have been added.
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Town of Carbondale 2019 Architectural Survey (Tatanka Historical Associates, Inc.)
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Carbondale Historical Society