Emma Store
Year Listed: 2000
County: Pitkin County
Status: ALERT
Context: Commercial
Date Constructed: 1898
Significance:
Located along the road from Glenwood Springs to Aspen sits the Town of Emma, a once-thriving community dating back to 1898. Now the town has only a few buildings left, including a commercial block, a storage building and a house.
Threat When Listed:
Neglect and vibration from traffic on Colorado Highway 82
Since Listing:
With the building rapidly deteriorating, the owner is currently in negotiations with the Open Space Initiative to purchase the building, farmhouse, and twelve acres of land surrounding the site in hopes to rehabilitate the structures.
Last Updated:
July 2008