Woolworth's 302 Colorado Ave.

The building was constructed in 1965 for the F.W. Woolworth Company of New York, following the destruction of a 1900 stone-and-brick building known as the Park Block in a fire in 1964. The Park Block housed a successful home furnishings store, Mayhew House Furnishing Company, as well as millinery, stationery, and grocery stores. Its upper floors housed a public hall and professional offices for insurance agents, doctors and others before the public library became its main tenant. The current building has experienced very little in the way of alterations over time.  

La Junta's first Woolworth's opened in 1928, leasing space at 215-217 Colorado Avenue from the La Junta Theater Company until the construction of the new building in 1965. A lunch counter was one of the celebrated features of its new space. 

La Junta's Woolworth's played a role in the life of downtown as it did in numerous small towns, attracting residents from even smaller communities such as Las Animas and Lamar to travel to La Junta to shop and dine at its lunch counter. In 1993, the company announced that by January 31, 1994, it was closing over 10 percent of its stores nationwide. In 1994, the Woolworth Company sold the building to local resident Evan Gamboa, owner of Six Star Discount Store, who moved his business to this location. Gamboa and his wife Patricia continued the business in this location, with Lori's Corner Cafe running the lunch counter, until 2005 when they retired.