Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2016 03 02

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as 817 Main currently does. It is possible that some part of the early dwelling on Lot 10 and 11 was incorporated into the current building when it was built. Date of Construction of the Current Building at 817 Main Two different records from the Boulder County Assessor's Office give the different dates of 1900 and 1910 as the date of construction for the current building. Photo 1, Louisville Ilistorical Museum, E -M N -5 Also relevant to this inquiry of when the building was constructed is Photo 1, which shows a building in Louisville being built by H.H. Fischer. The granddaughter of this well known local family that was engaged in building construction stated to staff at the Louisville Historical Museum that this photo shows the construction of this building at 817 Main in 1898 and that H.H. Fischer is shown on the far right. However, this identification of the building in the photo and the separate issue of the date of the photo have not been independently verified. It should be noted that the 1900 Sanborn map for Louisville shows a dwelling that looks identical to the dwelling shown in this location on the 1893 Sanborn map. It is possible that this photo shows the construction of the building, but that it was not in 1898. The billiard hall that occupied the building before it became a theater is shown on the 1908 Sanborn map. It can be concluded that the date of construction for this building is circa 1900 -1908.