View of the facade of the Don Carlos Hotel (formerly the Salazar Store) at 359 Main Street in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two-story stuccoed adobe structure has vigas protruding from the first and second story. Stepped parapets are on the corners of the building. The second story balcony is supported by milled beams and has decorative metal railings on the second story. A sign is mounted above the porch reads: "Supermarket Hotel Hardware." A "Hotel" sign is mounted to the porch. Signs on adjacent buildings read: "Romero's Sentry Hardware" "Valley Dry Cleaning" "Supermarket" "Liberty Cafe" and "Grocery Bus." The Salazar store is said to be the oldest continually operated business in Colorado although a fire destroyed all but the adobe walls in 1895. The second story was added after this point.
Description
1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Costilla County.;
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
Don Carlos Hotel (San Luis, Colo.)--1980-1990.; San Luis (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hotels.; Hardware stores.; Don Carlos Hotel (San Luis, Colo.)--Building--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2010.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; R7001517783; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.
