The Former BYERS AMERICA FEED SUPPLY 350 W Front St

Built in the early 1900’s by the Burton family using brick from their clay brick factory located on McDonnell Street in Byers. It was a two-story building and offered space for other businesses alongside The Burton Mercantile. Burton sold the building, and it operated as Byers Mercantile until a fire destroyed much of the inside of the building in 1930. At the time of the fire a movie theatre was no longer in operation, but the building was home to a telephone office, post office, grocery store, dance hall, millinery shop and had upstairs apartments for boarders. The fire was started by beans combusted that were stored in the basement. The building was built back as a single story and the 5,500sqft drive-in lower level remained. The building was rebuilt by Ralph Nielson, using what remained of the structure. After it was rebuilt, it was Solitaire Grocery. In the early 60's a small beauty shop was operated in the building. During the 60's and 70's it was Ehmann's Grocery and used to work on specialty cars. In 1980 It became a Packard Dealership. After rebuilding, the grocery store was still located there, changing ownership a few times until the flood in 1965. After the flood the grocery moved across the railroad tracks, and it became the Packard Car Building and remained there until 1995 when it became the Feed and Ranch Supply Store until 2013. When the feed store moved to their new location, the owners converted the building to a 7-room Bed and Breakfast that stayed very busy with the race car clubs from High Plains Raceway and wedding and event parties until retirement in 2022. (An account of the buildings’ history is based on others information provided to the best of their knowledge). The work completed - by the previous owners - for this conversion was not permitted nor approved by Arapahoe County. At this point the building has been red tagged. A Core and Shell plan/permit may be the best way on moving forward and prior to any finishes to the building. An architect/engineer could provide direction and vision. Building is zoned B-3…..permitted uses are almost limitless.