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The main floor of this home was built in 1883 for William and Emma Pabor and was called the Pansy Cottage after their daughter Pansy. James and Rose M. Rector added the second floor sometime after they purchased the home1920. The exterior remains unchanged since the second floor was added.
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This Craftsman style home was built in 1910 by Lincoln and Ruth Wickersham. Ruth was rumored to be the Miss Wessingham character in Dalton Trumbo’s novel Eclipse. During Prohibition Henry G. and Amelia Hottes owned the home and he was rumored to have lain in an extensive supply of liquor in multiple cabinets and hideaways in the house that he had built to tide him through.
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712 and 714 were built as a duplex in 1931 as a model by Home Loan & Investment Company. The duplex had all the modern whistles and bells possible and The Daily Sentinel ran two full pages giving readers a full run down of them on Sunday morning, July 5, 1931. For many years the apartments were very popular with the medical and business professionals in Grand Junction.
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Attorney, Alfred H. Davis, had this home built in 1909. William and Alice Buthorn, owners of the Hotel La Court owned the home but the Buthorn family continued to live at the hotel. However, when the twin Buthorn girls began high school the family moved into this house because Mr. Buthorn thought it important that his daughters learn household management abilities so if they did not marry someone in the Hotel business they would have these needed skills.
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Civil War Veteran, James W. Sinclair, and member of the Grand Army of the Republic, built this home in 1895. This home features a mansard roof, one of a few remaining in Grand Junction. The exterior design of the home has not been altered.
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This Queen Ann Cottage was built in 1909 for Clarence Lough, who was secretary-treasurer for Mesa County Loan Company. 731 and 739 have nearly mirror image layouts.
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This home was built in 1909 for Owen W. Hoskins, owner of O.W. Hoskins & Co. Real Estate. The exterior of the house remains mostly unchanged, except for the glazed porch.
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Railroader Donald D. Akers built this postwar southwest style home in 1952. Akers was a skilled house builder. This home has not been altered.
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