Call NumberCPHOTO141-2024-1585CreatorJessen, KennethDateOctober 20, 2008SummaryExterior view of an abandoned wooden building with boarded-up windows and wooden debris near its front entrance. A sign posted to the right of the front door reads, "NO TRESPASSING."Physical Description1 digital file : colorBorn-Digital or AnalogBorn-digitalSubjectStores, Retail--Colorado--FondisAbandoned buildings--Colorado--FondisGeographic AreaFondis (Colo.)El Paso County (Colo.)Finding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/2088Type of MaterialDigital photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC PHOTO 141. Kenneth Jessen photo collectionNotesPhotographer's note: "Fondis was a rural post office located about 11 miles east of Elbert, and was in operation from 1895 to 1954. The wife of Mr. Burns, its first postmaster, named Fondis for an Italian hotel. Although listed on contemporary maps, the site is nearly abandoned. The church has been converted into a home and two stores sit in ruins on the west side of County Road 69. There is also an abandoned home and a row of trees that may have been the entrance to another property."DonorGift; Kenneth Jessen; 2020.
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Jessen, Kenneth, Fondis store (October 20, 2008). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 27/03/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1826667
