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Resource Number: 5BL 924 <br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508427001 <br />COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY <br />OAHP1405 <br />Cultural Resource Re-evaluation Form <br />Rev. 9/98 <br />1. Resource Number: 5BL 924 2. Temp. Resource Number: 157508427001 <br />2A. Address: 741 Jefferson Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 <br />Previous address prior to 1939: 240 Jefferson. Louisville addresses were changed in 1939. <br />3. Attachments 4. Official determination <br />(check as many as apply) (OAHP USE ONLY) <br />X Photographs _ Determined Eligible <br />X Site sketch map _ Determined Not Eligible <br />X U.S.G.S. map photocopy _ Need Data <br />_ Other _ Nominated <br />_ Other _ Listed <br />Contributing to N.R. District <br />Not Contributing to N.R. Dist <br />5. Resource Name: <br />Historic Name: Methodist Episcopal Church <br />Current Name: Louisville United Methodist Church <br />6. Purpose of this current site visit <br />(check as many as apply) <br />Site is within a current project area <br />X Resurvey <br />X Update of previous site form(s) <br />Surface collection <br />Testing to determine eligibility <br />Excavation <br />Other <br />Describe This property is within the Jefferson <br />Place Subdivision in Louisville, which is being evaluated for historic district potential in 2010 — 2012. <br />This resurvey is part of the historic district evaluation process. <br />7. Previous Recordings: Architectural Inventory Form 2000, as part of "Old Town" Louisville Historical <br />Building Survey by Carl McWilliams of Cultural Resource Historians. <br />8. Changes or Additions to Previous Descriptions: The roof is now covered with green asphalt <br />shingles. A large 1-1/2-story addition was constructed at the west end of the building in 2000. This <br />has a cross gabled roof with the same green asphalt shingle roofing as the rest of the building. The <br />addition is designed and detailed to blend with the original church. Similar detailing includes <br />decorative brackets under the eaves and bargeboards with cross and pendant detailing in the upper <br />gable end. The exterior of the addition is clad with horizontal wood drop siding painted white. There <br />is a new entrance facing east, consisting of a pair of wood paneled doors with decorative glass <br />lights. On the north, west, and south sides of the addition, windows are tall, paired, divided light <br />windows. Wood exit stairs on the south side provide exiting from the second story. <br />Additional Information about the interior of the original sanctuary as it exists today: The communion <br />rail is oak. The interior has stained pine woodwork throughout and stained pine window sash. <br />1 <br />