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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado April 2013 ILZ Cityof Louisville COLORAnO • SINCE 187E 1000 E. South Boulder Rd. Legal Description per County Assessor's Office: Lots 3 thru 6, Coal Creek Station 2; Current owner listed in Boulder County property records is Coal Creek Station Properties LLC. Year of Construction: This restaurant made out of old train cars was established in 1972. The exact ages of the train cars are not known. Summary: In 1972, this structure was created from old train cars that included boxcars and a caboose in order to create a railroad-themed restaurant by the railroad tracks in Louisville. According to a newspaper article from that time, it was the first phase in what was to be a 14-acre shopping and residential complex called Coal Creek Station. The last restaurant to have been housed in the structure is believed to have closed in around 2000. Local Area Background It is believed that the area being developed as part of Coal Creek Station in the 1970s had not previously been developed, with the exception of the establishment of the Wagon Wheel Inn (now Union Jack Liquor), which was established in the 1940s, and the construction of a few houses (now gone) in the early 1900s. The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville shows this area to consist of about three platted blocks of the Caledonia Place subdivision with "Vacated 1-6" written across it. The reason for the area having been vacated is not known. This area is just north of the Little Italy neighborhood of Louisville, which did appear on the 1909 map and which already included many houses. The 1909 map shows that South Boulder Rd. was at that time called Wyman Street. The restaurant at 1000 E. South Boulder Rd. was found to have been referred to by its Wyman St. address even as late as the 1970s. 1