Trinidad, Colorado - A Historic Building Survey
Famous Business Block
Map location #12.
The "Famous" Business Block, as this site was called at one time, has had a complete change of face. The original photograph, made in approximately 1911, shows the two-story brick facade very nearly as it looked when it was built in 1898. The most obvious architectural features are the oriels on either side of the second floor front and the five Romanesque arches.
The original owner of the lot was Peter J. Munnecom, to whom the city granted the deed in 1877. In 1898, when the building went up, the lot was owned by J. A. Bell.
The second photograph was made in July, 1970.
Legal Description: West part of Lot 3; East part of Lot 4; Block 114 OTS.
Figure 26 Famous Business Block
