Victoria's Block Party
Date and Time
Saturday Jun 25, 2016
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM MDT
June 25, 2016
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location
Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce
420 Jerry Street
Castle Rock, CO 80104
Fees/Admission
Free for public to attend
Business Booths are $50 each, and must include a family-friendly activity.
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Contact Information
(303) 688-4597
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Description
Victoria's Block Party
Come Celebrate Victoria's House and the History Behind it!
About Victoria's Block Party:
Victoria's Block Party is entering its third year! This event is a family friendly day of fun in the sun with booths that include activities for family friendly fun! We at the chamber are bringing more awareness to the local businesses that may not have a store front and are advocating for the community to get out and enjoy the History in Castle Rock, Your Hometown in the West.
When: 6/25/16 - 9am - 2pm
Where: Jerry st between 4th and 5th
The Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce, Victoria's House, 420 Jerry St., still carries some of the character of the families who lived there. Victoria Anderson Honnold was once one of Castle Rock's leading socialites and leader of various women's groups. Her father, Andrew Anderson, purchased two lots at the corner of Fifth and Jerry streets in 1889. The Anderson's raised their two daughters and one son in the house. Andrew Anderson died in 1904.
Victoria graduated from Douglas County High School in 1907. Victoria married Milton L Honnold on Nov. 23, 1910. On Nov. 15, 1911, Milton was killed in a hunting accident, a few weeks later on Dec. 11, 1911, their child Milton Everitt Honnold was born. Now a widow, she and her young son moved into her childhood residence. She married Thorwald Christensen (1874-1957) in 1919. Victoria raised her three children Willard (1920 ? 1980) & Raymond Christensen (1923 ? 1967), and Milton Honnold (1911 ? 1975) in the home.
Victoria Christensen died Dec. 9, 1942, at her house on Jerry Street of a stroke and is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery between her first and second husbands.
A hub of activity during her lifetime, the house is filled with activity still, not all of which is from this dimension. Stop by the Chamber and ask the staff to share a few stories of Victoria's Antics with you.