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Resource Number: 5BL949 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description This 1 i-story wood -frame house is situated on a large lot, on the west side of Main Street, north of downtown Louisville. The building is supported by a painted blue low concrete foundation, and its exterior walls are narrow, painted blue, horizontal wood siding, with painted white 1 " by 4" corner boards. The roof is a moderately -pitched side gable, with grey asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. There are three red brick chimneys - one located on the ridge, and the other two located on the roofs of additions to the west (rear) elevation. One of these chimneys has a distinctive corbelled cap. A gabled wall dormer is located on the facade. A canted hipped -roof bay window, with three 1/1 double -hung sash windows, is located on the south elevation. The building's other windows are predominantly 1/1 double -hung sash, with painted red wood frames, and painted white wood surrounds, and with wood cornices. Windows on the additions to the west are single - light fixed -panes, or casement type windows. The house's facade fronts toward Main Street on the east elevation. A distinctive painted white wood -paneled entry door, here, has one upper sash light, a projecting sawtooth top rail, a projecting locking rail, and carved panels. This door opens onto a 4-step tongue -and -groove wood porch, which extends nearly the full length of the facade. Painted blue wood -frame half -walls, and painted red and white turned columns and engaged columns, support a flat porch roof. The porch roof and columns are decorated with a frieze, and with scrolled brackets. The porch roof also serves as a second story balcony. The balcony features an open painted white wood balustrade, with turned balusters. A stained natural brown glass - in -wood -frame door opens onto the balcony from the upper half story, where the dormer is located. A secondary entrance is located at the west end of the south elevation, where a painted blue and white wood -paneled door opens onto a concrete stoop. A Storage Shed is located in the backyard, west of the house along the south property line. This is a one-story wood -frame building, supported by a wood timbers on grade foundation. It has vertical wood plank walls, and a shed roof, with rolled asphalt roofing, over I wood decking and 2x wood rafters. Paired wood - paneled doors are located on the north elevation. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Boulder County Assessor records list 1908 as this building's date of construction. The original 1 i-story side -gabled house measured 24' N-S by 16' E-W. Two single -story additions to the west (rear) elevation, predate 1948. One of these additions, with a gable and shed roof, measures 24' N-S by 14' E-W; the other addition, with a shed roof, measures 12' N-S by 10' E-W. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located on the west side of Main Street, north of downtown Louisville. The Louisville Historical Museum and Miner's Cabin are to the south. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects Storage Shed IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate Actual 1908 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor records 26. Architect: n/a Source of information: n/a 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: nia 28. Original owner: unknown Source of information: nia 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no n/a