Tucker Brothers Store, ca. 1870

Brothers James F. and Alfred C. Tucker conducted their grocery and provisions business from this building during the 1870s, advertising wines, liquors, tobacco, queens-ware, clothing, boots, and shoes. In 1879, customers could buy sugar-cured ham for 12¢ a pound, salmon for 20¢ a pound, and five cans of oysters for 90¢ on cash terms. According to the Colorado Miner, their wines and liquors included blackberry brandy, California port, Kentucky sour mash copper whiskies, and royal London gin, all promoted as strictly pure goods selling cheap. The brothers also operated a store on Main Street that was considered a great convenience to the lower portion of the city. This relatively intact frame building with a false front represents a typical style of early Georgetown commercial construction.

Georgetown, Colorado · United States