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And the West is History: East Second Avenue business – ca. 1900

Monday, Oct 7, 2024 5:00 AM MT

Updated Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024 8:58 AM MT

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Today, if you visit the corner of Seventh Street and East Second Avenue, you will see the Artesanos Design furniture store. The building to the left is still known as the Rochester Hotel. It was originally built in 1892 and was initially named the Peeples Hotel but was later renamed the Rochester. The Durango Boarding and Feed Stable, located at 702 East Second Ave., was previously known as the Durango Transfer and Livery Stable before Charles Wood became the owner around 1900. Wood and his partner J.W. Morgan sold the business to James Jarvis by 1908. Jarvis then operated it as the Eagle Livery and Feed Stable until he converted the building into a Studebaker car dealership in 1911 and renamed it the Jarvis Garage. – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, edhorvat@animasmuseum.org (Catalog Number: 86.03.18 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections).
Today, if you visit the corner of Seventh Street and East Second Avenue, you will see the Artesanos Design furniture store. The building to the left is still known as the Rochester Hotel. It was originally built in 1892 and was initially named the Peeples Hotel but was later renamed the Rochester. The Durango Boarding and Feed Stable, located at 702 East Second Ave., was previously known as the Durango Transfer and Livery Stable before Charles Wood became the owner around 1900. Wood and his partner J.W. Morgan sold the business to James Jarvis by 1908. Jarvis then operated it as the Eagle Livery and Feed Stable until he converted the building into a Studebaker car dealership in 1911 and renamed it the Jarvis Garage. – Ed Horvat for Animas Museum, [email protected] (Catalog Number: 86.03.18 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo Collections).

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