V.C. Talbert, vice president of the Grand Valley National Bank, had this home built in 1906. Talbert was the Richard Masefield character in Dalton Trumbo’s Eclipse. This home was known for years as the Goodwin home. Goodwin, along with his friend Charles Latimer, owned Latimer-Goodwin Chemical co. The exterior and interior remains much the same as when the home was new.

The Brainerd home was built in 1900 by John and Maud Brainerd, owners of the Pastime Mercantile Co. The exterior of this Dutch Colonial home has not been altered and the interior is mostly unchanged.

The Blackstone house was built in 1904. Blackstone managed the Grand Junction Cement Block and Sidewalk Co. This house was probably best known as Hirons home. Mr. Hirons was a mayor of Grand Junction and Principal at Grand Junction School. This house has undergone very little change.

This home was built in 1905 for William J. and Ida Moyer, owners of the Fair Store, Grand Valley National Bank and other enterprises. Moyer was the fictional character John Abbott, in Dalton Trumbo’s novel Eclipse. The Moyer’s were widely known for their philanthropy, and perhaps best loved for Moyer Natatorium in Lincoln Park, a gift they gave to the children of Grand Junction. Sometime between 1949 and 1950, this home was made into a duplex when a wall was built directly down the center of the broad oak staircase, creating a duplex. The exterior remains much the same.

This home, known as the Honeymoon Cottage, was built in 1904. With the exception of the front porch being glazed, this house is unchanged.

This Arts and Crafts bungalow was built in 1922 for Julia Wilson, a widow of a rancher from Meeker. This house was known for years as the Hoisington home. Mr. Hoisington served as a mayor of Grand Junction and was elected on the Republican ticket as a state representative and then as a state senator in the 1950s.

Henry S. Barkuloo built this home in 1900. He was then manager of the P.A. Rice Lumber Co. This house has been severely altered. Barkuloo also built 536 N. Seventh.

William and Hatti G. Murr built this Tudor style home in 1926. Mrs. Murr was recognized as one of the first women in the country to direct her own funeral establishment. Mr. Murr established the Murr Buick and Pontiac dealership. This home was called the alligator house because Jewell Willsea, the second owner, had two alligators as pets. The exterior of this home remains unchanged.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Ferbrache had this home built in 1905. The Ferbraches owned Excelsior Laundry. Mary A. and Samuel Cardman also lived here and their daughter, Cecilia was a noted romantic landscape artist and the first art teacher at Grand Junction Junior college (now Mesa State college). The exterior of the house remains unchanged with the exception of the structure to the south on the back of the house.