Frisco, CO 80443 - {Wildhack's Grocery Store-Post Office-Retired}
Posted by: 
Outspoken1
N 39° 34.568 W 106° 05.754
13S E 405877 N 4381287
This was Frisco's original Post Office and was operational until 1966! The building is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WMF009
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2012
Views: 3
"The unique building at 510 Main Street was Frisco's first post office. The first cabins were built in the late 1800s by Louis Wildhack who added a store and remodeled post office in 1914. Wildhack brought the lumber for the large home now attached to the cabins down from the Admiral Mine in Ten Mile Canyon in the l920s. Wildhack retired in 1935 and succeeding owners kept the post office. In 1946, new owners the Robert Foote's renovated the place. 510 Main Street remained the post office until 1966. For many many years, this was the place to meet, exchange news and gossip while waiting for the mail. Helen (Mrs. Robert) Foote still resides there." (from (
visit link) )
The store is now called Foote's Rest Sweet Shop, Est. 1996. It was closed when I walked past, so I was not able to get photos inside.
Type of structure:: Within a store
re-enter Zip Code here:: 80443
Current Status:: Former Historic Location
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