Flowers Store (Cache la Poudre Grange No. 456)
Larimer County
The 1882 Flowers Store was a welcome gathering place for locals to share friendship and a sense of community. During his ownership of the store, Jacob Flowers provided card tables, a pool table, and snacks to encourage social interaction.
Flowers Store (Cache la Poudre Grange No. 456) (2003 photograph.)
The store served as Bellvue’s only source of groceries, general merchandise, and lumber, all due to the efforts of Jacob Flowers. After his death, the building continued to provide a place for community members to gather, whether for funerals, elections, dances or roller skating. The store building exhibits a distinctive local method of sandstone construction and is the only commercial building in town constructed of the local stone.