General Information
Bedrooms Four
Baths Four
Style Two Story Denver Square
AGE 1905
Area 7th Avenue Historic
Square Feet 2634 Main & Up, 998 Bsmt
LOT SIZE 5730

Heat Gas, Hot Water
Construction Brick
Patio Deck & Large Front Porch
Parking Detached Over sized 2-Car Garage
ZONING R2

Schools
Elementary Moore
Middle Morey or Moore
High School East

Dimensions
LIVING 28’ X 14’
DINING 14’8 X 12’
KITCHEN 11’ X 11’
SUNROOM/family 13’ X 12’
Master Bedroom & SITTING 29’ X 13’
BEDROOM 2 12’ X 11’
BEDROOM 3 14’ X 9‘
BEDROOM 4 14’ X 14’
BMST FAMILY 25’ X 12’
All measurements approximate

Floor Plan
1st Floor
Large Living, Formal Dining Room with French Doors to Deck Gourmet Cherrywood Kitchen, Sunroom/Family Room, Powder Room

2nd Floor
Master Suite with Private Bath & Large Sitting or Office Area Additional Bedroom & Bath

3rd Floor
Two Additional Bedrooms or Office Basement Family Room, Storage, Laundry, Bathroom

Specifics
Taxes $2930.31 (2006)
Roof Composition
STORMS/SCREENS As Installed
Floors Wood/Tile/Carpet

Legal and Financing
LEGAL Lots 11 &12, Blk 146 So. Division of Capitol Hill
Terms Cash, Conventional

Inclusions
Refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, disposal
all window coverings, all attached lighting fixtures
Washer, Dryer

Exclusions
None

By Jason Brockman

Between 1939-1943 Colorado had one of the most courageous and independent governors ever to be elected. Ralph Lawrence Carr was born in Rosita, Colorado and educated in the Cripple Creek school system. After receiving his LLB from the University of Colorado, Carr moved to Victor, Trinidad, and then Antonito where he practiced law and became a publisher. Carr served as a county attorney of Conejos County, and then as Colorado Assistant Attorney General. The apex of his legal career occurred when he became a United States District Attorney. As a Republican, Carr lost this influential post when the Democratic "New Dealers" began to dominate national politics. Despite this loss he was able to stay in the public eye by becoming a powerful and prominent water/irrigation lawyer.

In 1939 a struggling Republican Party supported Carr as their gubernatorial candidate, and won. Within the first half-hour of his term, Carr proposed a plan for a balanced budget by transferring state income taxes from public schools to the state's general fund. These immediate fiscal measures helped to save our state from imminent bankruptcy. Also due to Carr's leadership, the Legislature passed the State Reorganization Act which greatly increased the efficiency of state government. As a result, Carr is one of the few governors known for making the Colorado bureaucracy more operative.

While Carr's policies were aimed at dismantling the expensive bureaucracy of the New Deal, Carr still supported Roosevelt's foreign policy and favored American entrance into World War II after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The war with Japan initiated a chain of events that bred discrimination and intolerance toward Japanese-Americans. In 1942 an estimated 120,000 Japanese-Americans were stripped of their property and possessions. These displaced citizens were resettled in land-locked states by the War Relocation Authority so that the supposed "yellow peril" could be contained. The question on many Coloradans' minds was not whether American citizens of Japanese decent should be stripped of their rights and put in internment camps, but where the camps should be. The overwhelming opinion of the populace was typified by a series of highway billboards proclaiming "Japs keep going."

One of the few voices of reason during wartime was Governor Carr, who continued to treat the Japanese-Americans with respect and sought to help them keep their American citizenship. He sacrificed his political career to bravely confront the often dark side of human nature. "If you harm them, you must harm me. I was brought up in a small town where I knew the shame and dishonor of race hatred. I grew to despise it because it threatened the happiness of you and you and you." Carr's selfless devotion to all Americans, while destroying his hopes for a senate seat, did in the end become extolled as, "a small voice but a strong voice."