The Quaintance Block

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The Quaintance Block (805 13th Street) was originally built on the southwest corner of 13th and Washington by Charles F. Quaintance, to serve as his investment company, photo shop and law office of his brother Arthur. The Quaintance Block was moved to its present location in 1923 to make way for a gas station of the Continental Oil Co., with a rear billiard hall addition built in 1924. After serving as the Golden Furniture store and the Spudnut doughnut shop, the building was restored by the Gardner family in 1990, later becoming Golden's 1st storefront place on the National Historic Register. Golden Furniture Store owner Ernie Waters built Piggly Wiggly #29 (807-809 13th Street) in 1946, Golden's first purely grocery store building built in nearly half a century, constructed by Ralph Neal featuring rows of glass block over its plate glass windows and doors. The grocery operated for 20 years, in later years becoming the Golden Gate Market. In 1964 Jeffco Blueprints office supply store opened here and operated for 35 years, a favorite of Colorado School of Mines students began by the Emmanuel family. In later times the building served as Hatch's Books, and today the building is home to the Golden Skillet and Faith Tattoo Gallery. The Quaintance Block was place in the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1994. #Colorado #Golden #Historic