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Resource Number: 5BL961.1 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s):Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Residence 35. Historical Background According to Sanborn maps, prepared for fire insurance purposes in 1893, 1900, and 1908, this house was j constructed in the years prior to 1893, and has not been built onto since that time. In the 1940s, and probably in earlier years, this was the home of the Stolns family. Members of the Stolns family living here in 1940, according to that year's Boulder County Directory, included Lewis B. Stolns, his wife Anna B. Stolns, along with Edwin, and Julius Stolns. Lewis and Edwin are both listed in the directory as laborers. In the late 1950s the property was sold by Elsie M. Stolns to Solomon S. and Mary P. Duran. Solomon's occupation is also listed as laborer. According to Boulder County Directories, and later Longmont City Directories, the property stayed in the Duran family until the early 1990s. (Listings for Louisville are included in Boulder County Directories through the late 1950s; beginning in 1966, Louisville listings appear in Longmont City Directories.) Solomon Duran evidently passed away in the early 1970s. Mary Duran lived here until the early 1990s. In recent years, in the mid-to-late 1990s, this property has been owned by Virginia Chavez. She lives next door at 600 Front Street. (The Duran name occasionally is misspelled "Dauran" in the Longmont City Directories.) 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. Chavez, Virginia. Oral interview with Carl McWilliams, January 13, 2000. Polk's Boulder County Directory[generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company Publishers. Polk's Longmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908. Smith, Phyliss. Once A Coal Miner: The Story of Colorado's Northern Coal Field, Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1989.