Owner Victor Bain made extensive use of recycled materials to minimize construction costs.

The La Puente Housing Authority, a nonprofit organization that aids the hungry, homeless, and disadvantaged of the San Luis Valley, rehabilitated the building, converting the second-story living quarters into six rental units, and using the street level as a thrift shop.  Every weight-bearing interior was shored up in order to keep the load off the exterior masonry walls.  The roof, skylights, plumbing, and wiring were completely reconstructed, brick re-pointed, and the original storefront reconstructed.  Funding for the $428,000 project included almost $310,000 from SHF, loans from the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, $40,000 from the Johnson Fund, $65,000 from the Colorado Division of Housing, $11,400 from La Puente, and $127,000 from the community.