Green Mercantile Store

Green Mercantile Store

The store in 2013.
Location 17706 Jefferson County Road 96
Coordinates 39°23′36″N 105°16′40″W / 39.39333°N 105.27778°W / 39.39333; -105.27778Coordinates: 39°23′36″N 105°16′40″W / 39.39333°N 105.27778°W / 39.39333; -105.27778
Built 1898
NRHP Reference # 74000581[1]

The Green Mercantile Store, located in Buffalo Creek, Colorado, is a two-story building constructed of native granite in 1898 by John W. Green, Sr.[2] The building is also home for the Buffalo Creek post office.

The original Green Mercantile was a wooden hotel building built in 1883 and purchased by John Wesley Green. The mercantile became the post office as well in 1886 when Green was appointed postmaster by Grover Cleveland.[3] After the original building burnt down in a fire that destroyed many buildings in Buffalo Creek in 1897, Green contracted Seerie Investment Company to replace the building with fireproof native granite block. The blocks were hoisted into place with the combined effort of six men, a team of mules and a gin pole. The building has been in continuous operation as a general store and post office ever since, operated by descendants of the Green family.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Capace, Nancy (1999). Encyclopedia of Colorado. Somerset. p. 266. ISBN 9780403098132. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.
  4. ↑ Green, Stewart (2013). Scenic Routes & Byways Colorado (4 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 109. ISBN 9780762795888.

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