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bedroom.... After his term as Postmaster expired Mr. Buchheit2 had an Undertaking <br />Parlor in there for a short time before they moved to Boulder.... Then the "Black <br />Diamond World" moved into the building. I think Clarence Brown ... was Editor. <br />Nelle Wolfer Willis's written account went on to confirm that the Post Office building was moved to <br />Grant Avenue and became the hospital. <br />Brown used the relocated business building at 721 Grant to publish The Black Diamond World. <br />In 1906, Anson Rudd purchased the property at 721 Grant and continued to operate the newspaper. <br />Nelle Wolfer Willis wrote, referring to the newspaper being at 721 Grant, "While in this building Anson <br />Rudd was editor." <br />Building Used as Hospital <br />Next, the building entered another phase, which was to be operated by the Union Labor Hospital <br />Association as a hospital for miners. Property records indicate that during this time, it was still owned by <br />newspaper editor Anson Rudd. The following photos show the hospital located at 721 Grant in 1909. <br />Although there is an open area at the front where windows used to be, the basic structure of the front <br />and the placement of the first floor openings and the windows resemble those of the building as it <br />looked when it was on Main Street. The sections of the building at the left rear are believed to have <br />been added after the move. <br />2 Frank Buchheit became an undertaker in Boulder, and in 1904, with six others, formed the Boulder Cemetery <br />Association and started Boulder's Green Mountain Cemetery. <br />4 <br />