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712 Main St. History Historic Buildings (demolished by 1964) This property contained the home and general merchandise store of Patrick Cummings (1855-1920) and Mary Reedy Cummings (1856-1950). Patrick purchased the west two- thirds of the lot in 1882, three years after Louisville was established as a town (eventually the parcel came to include all of Lot 8). Both had been born in Ireland and came in the 1870s to the U.S., where they married in about 1880. They had six children whom they raised in their house at 712 Main. By 1890, and possibly in the 1880s, Patrick Cummings began to operate a general merchandise store at 712 Main. The store was in business for at least 30 years, until Patrick's death in 1920. Mary then continued to live on the property with her son, Tom (b. 1895) into the 1930s. Tom worked as a coal miner. For 12 years in about 1936-1948, Public Service Company of Colorado was located at 712 Main, as seen in the following photo from that time: In about 1948, Dove Jewelry moved into 712 Main and continued there until about 1955. Next, Zing Saw Sharpening Shop was located there. At the same time when Public Service, Dove Jewelry, and Zing were renting 712 Main, members of Louisville's Santi family were the owners of the property. In 1963, Dwight Sullivan purchased 712 Main. The exact year when the historic buildings were demolished is not known. Current Building, since 1964: Louisville Times articles, available online at the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection website, show that the current building at 712 Main was constructed in 1964 (not in 3