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Resource Number: 5BL8004 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description Built at the turn of the twentieth century, this Classic Cottage style residence is a wood frame dwelling, resting on a low coursed sandstone foundation. The exterior walls are cladded with painted blue horizontal wood siding, with 1" by 4" corner boards. The roof is a truncated hip, with grey asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. One red brick chimney is located on the exterior of the south elevation. An intersecting gable on the facade (east elevation) is cladded with fishscale shingles in its upper gable end, and there is a distinctive gable ornament. A non -original bubble skylight projects above the truncated hipped roof. Historic window patterns are primarily 1/1 double -hung sash, with painted blue wood frames and surrounds. Two non -historic single -light fixed - pane windows flank the front entryway on the facade, and there is a non -historic canted bay window on the south elevation. An early shed -roofed addition to the west (rear) elevation features one 1xl horizontal sliding window, and a band of five 1/1 double -hung sash windows, with painted blue wood frames and surrounds. A wood -paneled entry door, with a leaded glass oval light, and with a leaded glass transom light, opens onto a 4-step concrete porch which extends nearly the full length of the facade. The porch features wood frame half -walls, cladded with square -cut wood shingles, and with turned columns supporting a low-pitched hipped porch roof. The porch roof is decorated with a frieze, with drop pendants. A secondary entrance is located on the south elevation, where a wood -paneled door opens onto a concrete patio near the west end of the elevation. A Workshop, located just to the northwest of the house, has a concrete slab foundation and floor, and horizontal weatherboard exterior walls, with 1 " by 4" corner boards. The workshop is covered by a saltbox roof, with grey asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. A very large shed -roofed dormer, with eight fixed -pane windows, is located on the south facing roof slope. Two sets of paired 4-light casement windows are located on the south elevation. Painted grey plywood doors, with lxl horizontal sliding windows, are located on the east and west elevations. A single, solid wood door, is located at the south end of the east elevation. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Boulder County Assessor records indicate that this building was constructed in 1900. This date is plausible given the house's architectural character, and that the Pleasant Hill Addition was platted in 1900. This house was likely one of the first built in this neighborhood. A shed -roofed addition(s) to the west (rear) elevation predates circa 1950. The garage is a relatively recent, non -historic building. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located on the west side of Lincoln Avenue in one of Louisville's older residential neighborhoods. A planted grass front yard features two large elm trees. A larger planted grass backyard is enclosed by a wood privacy fence. An elaborate tree house is situated in a large cottonwood tree just to the northwest of the house. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects Workshop IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate Actual 1900 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor records 26. Architect: n/a Source of information: n/a 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: n/a 28. Original owner: unknown Source of information: n/a 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no n/a