In 1886, Dr. Marshall H. Dean came to the Roaring Fork Valley. Dean and his family lived in Carbondale until moving to Glenwood Springs in 1893. Dr. Dean’s reputation as a first rate physician earned him the position of surgeon and physician to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. In 1905, Dr. Dean constructed his Colonial Revival styled home at 1001 Colorado Ave. He used it as a residence and private medical practice. He moved to Denver in 1908 and the home was purchased by Sallie Wulfsohn, wife of a Glenwood Springs dry goods merchant. The property was later sold to George Edinger, a private investment banker. His purchases of properties at tax sales made him, at one point in time, the largest single taxpayer in Garfield County. Edinger died in 1944 and the property was inherited by his daughter, Stella, and her husband, Churchill Shumate. After her husband’s death, Stella lived in the house until her death in 1971. Stella and Churchill had no children and the house was donated to the Glenwood Springs Historical Society. This particular photo was taken in 1909. The house continues to serve the community as the Frontier Historical Museum.Courtesy/Glenwood Springs Historical Society