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Cash-Criss-Stark Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

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Cash-Criss-Stark Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

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Summary

Significance: This building illustrates the changing economy of St. Elmo as it passed through its final boom. Stores decreased in number; demand for rental rooms and houses increased. Mrs. Stark responded by remodeling the Cash-Criss building for residential use.
Survey number: HABS CO-150
Building/structure dates: ca. 1882- ca. 1885 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1909- ca. 1917 Subsequent Work

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Date

1917

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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Cash, R M

Criss, James D

Stark, A A

Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter

Thallheimer, Arnold, photographer

Glass, James A, historian

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Location

chaffee county, 38.75367, -106.25221

Google Map of 38.7536679, -106.2522143

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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