In 2006 we purchased a historic miner's cottage at the corner of Hunter and East Hopkins, across from Alpine Bank and at the center of Aspen's Saturday Farmer's Market, which we transformed into our new Aspen office.

The building is one of three adjacent cottages, built in the late 1880's, which were in danger of falling down until developers Greg and Jane Hills came up with an innovative and attractive way of saving them, by converting them to commercial use and by building three residences behind them which will be patterned after the historic mercantile buildings of downtown Aspen.

The project, bordered by a park and City Hall to the west and St. Mary's Church and rectory to the north, also historic structures, has received a lot of positive press, and we couldn't be more proud of our new "digs."  The blend of old and new is exciting and refreshing for us, and is just the sort of Aspen presence we were waiting for. Oh, and P.S., we're not abandoning our landmark Snowmass farmhouse office, which is thriving in this great market. We continue to focus on Aspen, Snowmass and Basalt/El Jebel real estate, our niche.

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Opening Day!
First Farmer's Market of the summer, 6/17/06!

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The Conner Cabins History

Claude Conner himself, whose family acquired the first of three old miners? cabins at the corner of the Hunter and Hopkins block almost 80 years ago, approved their recent restoration, and one of them became our second home in 2006 (in addition to our Snowmass office).

Claude?s grandparents, Milton and Margaret Conner, born and raised in Aspen, purchased the cabins as a place to raise their four children, and eventually four generations of Conners settled here. In 2005, the Conner family sold their three homes to Austin Lawrence Partners, an Aspen development company specializing in the restoration of historic properties.

The development, roundly praised by the Historic Preservation Commission, included the renovation of the three cabins which, in addition to BJ*Adams and Company, houses Austin Lawrence and one other business, and three detached single-family loft residences, all six properties surrounding a beautiful courtyard. It is somewhat of a revival of this historic corner in the core of Aspen, complete with the sweet peas and sunflowers that once bloomed in the Conner's garden.