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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Dept. of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />May 2016 <br />ICityr <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />947 Pine St. — Standard Gas Station Sign History <br />The following information was collected with respect to the Standard sign located at 947 <br />Pine St. This report is not intended to be a history of the building at 947 Pine. <br />From the time that Louisville was established in 1878 until the late 1920s, this property was <br />the location of businesses that are believed to have included a saloon and a blacksmith <br />shop. <br />947 Pine has been the location of a gas station since about 1929, when Fred Eberharter <br />began to operate the Eberharter Service Station in a different building that is now gone. <br />The small building was situated at an angle to the corner of Pine and Front. <br />A new building was constructed in 1961 and the sign is believed to have been installed at <br />the same time. The then -owner, Trioco, arranged for brothers Ken and Bill Buffo to operate <br />the new Standard service station. It was called the K&B Standard Station. The following is <br />the County photo from 1961. Part of the sign is visible on the right. <br />1 <br />