Gunnison Hardware (Gunnison Arts Council)
Gunnison County
Local master stonemason Frederick Zugelder built the store in 1882. Originally known as the Mechling Block, the building served for nearly a decade as the freight office of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, becoming the Gunnison Hardware in 1898.
Gunnison Hardware (Gunnison Arts Council) (1996 photograph.)
Built with the distinctive characteristics of the Italianate style, the building incorporates both local materials, particularly the locally quarried stone, with architectural embellishments brought in by the recently arrived railroad.