The Daniels Block Building

The Daniels building replaced the W. R. Daniels residence, the original building on the property. Its first story contained two stores, the W. J. Daniels Drug Store and G. A. Eldredge Dry Goods. In 1897, two doctors occupied two upper-level rooms for their practices, and other upstairs uses included an attorney's office, two private apartments, and quarters for the London & Cripple Creek Reduction Company. The Florence Tribune also had offices there at one time. In 1927, Jim the Tailor and the Crow Drug Company shared the building until the 1950s, and Jim's Clothing remained there from the 1950s until 1975. In 1975, a fire set by two boys destroyed the building and caused the death of one man living in an upper-level apartment. A new one-story building was erected on the site in 1976 and continued as Jim's Clothing until 2003, while mercantile and antique businesses operated there continuously through the present.

Florence, Colorado · United States