Wednesday 07th of January 2009 02:57 AM
This structure at the S.W. corner of Second and Main Streets is known to many as the Foote Building. It was built in 1901 by the Gillett brothers in the Late Victorian Functional style. It replaced an earlier wooden building which housed the Logan County Bank, which the Gillett's founded in 1893. This brick building was the most massive commercial structure of its time in Sterling.
The upstairs rooms have housed many businesses over the years, including real estate offices, doctor's, dentist's and lawyer's offices. Reliable Plumbing and Heating and Brown's Shoe Fit have been major tenants under the arched windows for many years. Brown's closed their doors in 2001. A fire on August 27, 2002, completely destroyed this structure.
Overland Trail Museum
210533 CR 26.5
Sterling, CO 80751
Phone: (970) 522-3895