Article by Lillian Ross
Historic Preservation – January 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, you were a hard-working utility plant, huffing and puffing steam to generate electrical power for the town of Salida. You wore your mantle — “Salida Steam Plant” — proudly for more than 50 years.
Then you fell on hard times. For 30 years, you stood idle. The only Salida residents who paid you any attention were the town’s pigeons, taking up residence in the west wing of your Sackett Avenue address. Oh, how they had their way with you.