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Resource Number: 5BL8033
<br /> Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form
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<br /> V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
<br /> 31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade I Specialty Store
<br /> 32. Intermediate use(s):Domestic I Multiple Dwelling
<br /> 33. Current use(s): Vacant I Not In Use
<br /> 34. Site type(s): Commercial Building
<br /> 35. Historical Background
<br /> An earlier cultural resources survey, conducted in 1985 by Western Historical Studies, indicates that this building
<br /> was originally known as the Coors Saloon, and that it was converted to apartments in the 1940s or 1950s. The
<br /> 1893 Sanborn map indicates that 2/3s of the building, to the south, was a saloon, while the northern 1/3 of the
<br /> building housed a barbershop. By 1900, the barbershop was gone, and by 1908, the entire building was being
<br /> used as a saloon. This was one of as many as six saloons located in a two block area of Front Street (then known
<br /> as First Street) in the 1890s and very early 1900s. According to the 1916 Boulder County Directory, by that time
<br /> at least part of the building had been converted to residential use. Henry Kahl, a shoe and boot maker, who served
<br /> as Louisville's Mayor from 1900 to 1902, is listed as a resident here in 1916. Kahl's boot and shoe business was
<br /> located on the east side of Front Street, in the block between Spruce and Walnut Street.
<br /> The building was vacant for a time in the 1940s, and by 1950, it had been converted into a multiple dwelling
<br /> (apparently a duplex). Boulder County and Longmont City Directories list numerous people living here during the
<br /> period 1950 - 1980. (Listings for Louisville are included in Boulder County Directories through the late 1950s;
<br /> beginning in 1966, Louisville listings appear in the Longmont City Directory.) In 1985, the property was known
<br /> as the Front Street Apartments. Jewell Hendricks resided here in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (John and Jewell
<br /> Hendricks were previously listed at 724 Front Street, going back to 1951. The property's current owner is Rex A.
<br /> Olson, a Boulder architect. He plans to convert the building into an architectural studio.
<br /> 36. Sources of Information
<br /> Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978.
<br /> Mehls, Steven F., Mehls, Carol Drake, and Fell, James E. Jr. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building
<br /> Inventory Record" (700/702 Front Street), July 28, 1985. On file at the Colorado Historical Society, Office of
<br /> Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Denver, CO.
<br /> Polk's Boulder County Directory[generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk
<br /> and Company Publishers.
<br /> Polk's Longmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk
<br /> and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997.
<br /> Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908.
<br /> Smith, Phyliss. Once A Coal Miner: The Story of Colorado's Northern Coal Field, Boulder: Pruett Publishing
<br /> Company, 1989.
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