Julius McCandless Hardware

Julius McCandless, nephew of James McCandless, established a hardware store in this building in 1894 and lived on the first floor. He sold farming implements, hardware, tools, mining supplies, stoves, and dishes. In 1899, Julius and Thomas Carmody, who owned the building to the east, built two-story rear additions to their buildings; Julius used his for storage, extended it to the alley, and included an elevator. McCandless later lived upstairs with his wife, children, and a Swedish servant. The building later housed Fulton Market in 1916, offering meat and sausage, and McCandless and Son Grocery in 1923. After that it contained Bastian's Marine Beauty Shop, cleaners and tailoring, and a shoe, dress, and hat shop. By 1946 it was a Gamble Store, and in 1953 it housed the Hagaman Brothers' Gas and Appliance store, with LL Tripp Real Estate and Management Agency above. Between 1957 and 1985 the store held Furniture, Bargain Mart opened in 1986 selling furniture and various household and personal goods, the space was a gallery from 1993 to 1995, and in 1998 The White Phoenix moved there from across the street. In 2006 and 2007 it was a sports collectibles and western memorabilia shop, in 2008 it sold rocks, minerals, jewelry, Navajo and Apache pottery, and other Indian memorabilia, and late in 2009 Heartland Antiques and Gifts took over the retail space with antique furniture, jewelry, decorator items, western clothing, and home furnishings.

Florence, Colorado · United States