Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2001.180.0025Description
Black and white scanned copy print of Johnson's Stock and Livery barn. Rock building with large arch door in center. On photo right of door are large windows. A wagon sets in front and high 2 line poles in front and on the side. Sign on top of building: "Chas. J. Johnson."
Written on back in black ink: "Charles Johnson's Livery/Feed S.W. Corner of 5th and Buffalo Cr. 1900". Condition good.
History included on paper: Entrepreneur Charles Johnson's story and one half, eighty four foot by eighty four foot Stock and Livery Barn was built in 1900. Contractor, William F. Collins used seven hundred perch of native Quartzite plus trim of native grey sandstone in its construction. In addition to his Livery, Johnson sold coal from his barn and at various times, leased the northeast corner, ground floor section out to other businesses-such as the Dime Theater and early Silent Motion Picture House. As the Livery Business began fazing out, following World War One, other owners converted the Barn into a Garage. It was home to the Studebaker Agency for twenty some years through World War II and was last used as an Auto-Tire Shop. By 1951, the Rawlins National Bank Corporation had purchased the property and that year demolished the Barn so that they could build the current Rawlins National Bank building on the site.
Second copy: 11 x 7 1/4" Good condition. Emulsion cracked in places.Collection
Photograph Collection