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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />August 2013 <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 187I4 <br />936 Parkview St. History <br />Legal Description: Lots 9 & 10, Block 5, Murphy Place Subdivision <br />Year of Construction: circa 1920 (but see discussion below) <br />Summary: This house was relocated from the Old Centennial Mine in 1935. <br />History of Murphy Place Subdivision <br />Peter F. Murphy established the subdivision of Murphy Place in 1907. He did so as <br />President of the Louisville Realty & Securities Company. <br />Historically, this general neighborhood was inhabited by French speakers, mostly mining <br />families, from France and Belgium. It is still referred to as "Frenchtown." <br />Relocation Information and Date of Construction <br />This house is well documented as having been relocated from the Old Centennial Mine <br />located just south of Louisville. Documents consisting of a Bill of Sale of Personal <br />Property dated August 26, 1935 and a Warranty Deed dated August 27, 1935 were <br />donated to the Historical Museum by a daughter of Richard Parkin. The Bill of Sale <br />shows that Parkin purchased the building in 1935 for $300.00. The house was described <br />in the Bill of Sale as being a: <br />certain eight -room frame dwelling house, one story in height, located on <br />the east side of the County Road running past the premises formerly <br />occupied by the so-called "Centennial Mine" of the first party [The <br />Boulder Valley Coal Company] and being the third house from the south <br />on said road ... <br />For his part, Richard Parkin agreed to pay $300 and "agrees to remove the said dwelling <br />house within six months from the date hereof." Fred Nesbit, who was a Louisville <br />