The mysterious movement in the loft is probably protective. Now I know why when I say "Betty" or "Bett-ease" [Like(n to) Rockabilly women)], or mention another local seamstress, "Doan", I feel a presence even when no one else is there. The loft was built for Bette Donne Baker. Here's her obituary.
One of my workers has felt and seen the presence of a male ghost who she calls "The Pharmacist". I've also had many disturbances since I've moved into the place. Especially things being moved around, even while I was in the process of unpacking and setting up.
http://www.reporterherald.com/ci_18530900
The current shop site at 333 Cleveland Avenue was previously occupied by Phoenix Nest
http://www.phoenixnest.biz/
and before her it looks like it was a junk shop, or few:
- Julie's Junk and Treasures and Country Shed Antiqs
- Main Catgory: Collectibles
- Sub Catgory: Collectibles
- Country : United States
- City: Loveland
- State: Colorado - CO
- Address: 333 Cleveland Avenue
- Zipcode: 80537
- Tel: (970)667-1110 - 9706671110
- Karen's Kottage
333 N Cleveland Ave
Loveland, CO 80537-5505
(970) 667-1110 - Latham Trading Post
333 N Cleveland Ave
Loveland, CO 80537-5505
(970) 669-5454 - Here's the history from the local paper. It was freezing in that building that month. I had 3 heaters going and still froze.
Historic downtown Loveland building up for sale
Arcadia Hotel building at Fourth and Cleveland was city's first opera house in 1884Larry Melton, a broker/partner with Realtec Commercial Real Estate Services, hangs a "for sale" sign Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in the window of the Arcadia Hotel building at 140 E. Fourth St. in downtown Loveland. ( Jenny Sparks )LOVELAND -- The building that housed Loveland's first opera house 129 years ago at the southwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Fourth Street went on the market Wednesday.After giving a tour to an interested buyer Wednesday morning, Realtec Commercial Real Estate broker Larry Melton hung two "for sale" signs in the windows at 140 E. Fourth St.Melton and his partner, Patrick O'Donnell, are representing Loveland residents Bruce and Susan Daily, whose late father, Harley Daily, owned the building for 40 years.They are asking $575,000 for the two-story stuccoed brick building, which has 7,000 square feet on the main level and 6,370 square feet upstairs.The A&B Building at the southwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Loveland was built in 1884 by pioneer businessmen Frank Bartholf and E.S. Allen. The building was put up for sale Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. ( Special to the Reporter-Herald )Harley Daily died Dec. 24, 2012, and his children have decided to sell the historic building, which is showing its age inside and out."Between my sister and me, we really can't keep the building up to the standards it should be," Bruce Daily said Tuesday. "We don't have the funds to redevelop it. Somebody else could do a better job of it."The A&B Building, better known now as the Arcadia Hotel, was built in 1884 by Loveland businessmen Edwin S. Allen and Frank G. Bartholf, according to a historical publication from the Loveland Museum and Gallery.It housed the town's first opera house upstairs, under a domed roof.The opera house could seat 400 to 500 people and for two decades served as Loveland's social focal point and assembly room, according to "A Walking Tour of Historical Commercial Buildings in Loveland."The main floor contained offices and stores. In 1905, W&T Pharmacy opened in the building, according to a column in the Reporter-Herald by Loveland historian Kenneth Jessen.Harley Daily moved to Loveland in 1962 and bought W&T Pharmacy. He operated it until the late 1970s, said Bruce Daily, who remembers working in his father's business as a young man.In 1971 or '72, the elder Daily bought the entire building, which by then had been enlarged to the south, Bruce Daily said.By the early 1920s, the opera house had closed, and the upper level was converted to apartments or hotel rooms.The Arcadia Hotel, operated most recently by Susan Daily, now consists of four apartments and 18 single rooms. The small rooms -- with common bath and shower facilities in the hall -- rented for $67 a week, she said.The Dailys have vacated the apartments and rooms in preparation for selling, but Splurge Antiques and The Rip Club still occupy spaces on the main floor.Craig Young can be reached at 970-635-3634 or cyoung@reporter-herald.com. Follow him on Twitter: @CraigYoungRH.- Here's more about the building:
- Bartholf Opera / Arcadia Hotel(Known as A&B Building)136-140 East 4th Street
- Frank G. Bartholf was fifteen in 1861 when his family moved west tohomestead. By 1879, he operated a business in St. Louis (a small localcommunity considered the forerunner to the city of Loveland) but thetown was already fading. In nearby Loveland, E. S. Allen operated aharness shop on a corner lot that he owned. The two entrepreneursteamed in 1884 to construct the A&B Building, which housed the area’sfirst opera hall on the second floor. Photographs show that there oncewas a cornice over the structure’s entrance that read A&B 1884. Formany decades, the building housed W&T Pharmacy.Eventually, Mr. Bartholf extended his land holdings to the BigThompson Canyon where he built the Forks Hotel at Drake. A LarimerCounty Commissioner, he was instrumental in bringing the sugarfactory to Loveland.Bartholf Opera / Arcadia Hotel(Known as A&B Building)136-140 East 4th StreetMy landlord said he thought my shop portion of the building was built later, but it wasn't. It is indeed part of the original building. You can see it in the Loveland Historic Walking Tour Brochure found here:
- http://www.cityofloveland.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=8711
- I hope to get more info on this folks. Stay tuned!
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