Close view of front facade of Foote-Vickers-Rucker house on bluff above Henson Creek, Lake City, Colorado. Shows L-plan house in disrepair with boarded up entry door and windows on projecting three-sided bay and upper story, front stoop missing rail and balusters, and powerlines strung from roof. Capitalist Smith C. Foote, developer of the Foote & Richardson Addition with Dr. J. P. Richardson, began construction of this five-room brick house in 1880; John Sharp ; completed the work in 1882. James Patternson, who owned the lumber yard in Lake City, added the French- inspired shingled mansard roof between 1897 and 1902; it was later owned by John and Vera Vickers, who operated the Senate Saloon, billiard hall, bowling alley, livery stable and, in 1929, the Vickers Dude Ranch. Mountain summit is in background.
Date
1942
Notes
Album photoprint has adhesive staining on back of image.; Historic designation in Lake City Historic District, 1977.; Penciled on back of photoprint: Lake City, Priest's residence Catholic Church, 1942.; Photonegative was formerly negative number WO691.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Vintage photographic print.; R7100000093
Description
1 photonegative ; 12 x 7 cm. (4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 6 cm. (4 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Is Part Of
Muriel Sibell Wolle estate, 1977.
Subject
Lake City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1940-1950.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
