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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado March 2013 ILZ City?[ Louisvilk COLORADO • SINCE 1878 844 W. Spruce Street History Legal Description: formerly described as part of Sec 8 T1S R69W; currently described as Lot 12, Block 3, Spruce Lane Year of Construction: circa 1920 Summary: This home was a farmhouse built on farm land that has since been developed. Spruce Street and Spruce Lane History Historically, Spruce Street was the route out of Louisville going west towards the Matchless Mine located south of Harper Lake. Small farms lined what would have been a dirt road. Spruce Street used to pass to the north of the house in question, and the house faced the street. Today, the street curves to the south and becomes Spruce Lane just before reaching the house. In 1986, the farm that this house was associated with, as well as the Fiechtl farm and possibly additional farms, were platted for purposes of development. The subdivision was named Spruce Lane. Sidle Family Ownership for Over 40 Years; Date of House Construction In 1919, Samuel Sidle purchased this farmland from George Brimble. Brimble continued to own property nearby and was a neighbor of Sidle's. The County's estimated date of construction as being 1920 could be accurate, based on the fact that Sam Sidle had so recently purchased it. There is also a second structure on the property, and the County also gives 1920 as the estimated date of construction for that structure.