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Built in 1884, this is one of the earliest commercial buildings in downtown Cortez. Prior to the turn of the 20th century, it was home to the First National Bank of Cortez. A walk-in vault that is still in place today was installed shortly after Butch Cassidy successfully robbed the First National Bank of Telluride. An outlaw lookout still exists on top of the building. During the Depression, it housed a barber shop where dryland farmers and cowboys would go for a shower and shave while they were in town. In 1999, it became the Clay Mesa Art Gallery and Studio.
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Cortez, Colorado · United States
