You are here

Colorado » The Arkansas » Chaffee County » Salida » Sandusky Block

Sandusky Block

-A A +A
1907. 222 F St.

This symmetrical, light brick beauty has first-story stone columns and second-story brick pilasters with detailed classical capitals. Square, transomed storefront windows are echoed by large, square-paned second-story windows. A generous brick cornice is a lively collage of banding, central name panel, and two lunettes with classical garlands. S. W. Sandusky opened a dry goods business at this location, which operated until 1930. The building was restored in 1985. Next door, the equally exuberant Strait-McKenna Building (1902) is a brickmason's tour de force with its diapered and corbeled frieze.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
×

Data

What's Nearby

Knights of Pythias Hall
Unique Theater (Salida Opera House)
A. T. Henry Building
Victoria Hotel and Tavern
Mon-Ark Shrine Club (Laura Evans Parlor House)

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Sandusky Block", [Salida, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-CF10.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,