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Resource Number: 5BL929 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description The Leach House is a rectangular -shaped wood frame dwelling. supported by a low concrete foundation. The building's exterior walls are painted blue horizontal wood siding, with painted white 1 " by 4" corner boards. The roof is a moderately -pitched front gable, with grey asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. There is one red brick chimney, located on the ridge. Windows are entirely 1 /1 double -hung sash, with painted white wood frames and surrounds, and with simple wood cornices. A stained natural brown solid wood door, with an aluminum storm door, opens onto a small concrete porch on the house's west elevation (facade). The building's rear entrance is located on the east elevation. Here, a stained natural brown wood -paneled door, with an aluminum screen door, opens onto a 4-step concrete porch. A painted blue wood -paneled door is located in the upper gable end on the east elevation. This door indicates there may have been a balcony on this elevation, that has since been removed. A two -car Garage is located southeast of the house. This is a rectangular -shaped, wood -frame, one-story, building. It has a low concrete block perimeter walls foundation, and a concrete slab floor. The walls are painted blue, wide, horizontal composition board siding, and the roof is a front gable, with grey asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. One single -light fixed -pane window is located on the east elevation, and lxl horizontal sliding windows, are located on the north and south elevations. Two painted white wood -paneled roll -away garage doors are located on the west elevation. The doors open onto a concrete driveway which extends along the south side of the house to Main Street. A Chicken House is located near the northeast corner of the lot. Now in very deteriorated condition, this old structure has a stone perimeter walls foundation, horizontal wood plank walls, with 1 " by 4" corner boards, and a shed roof. Two 4-light windows, with all panes and some muntins missing, is located on the south elevation. A vertical wood plank door is located at the west end of the south 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. There have been no additions subsequent to the original construction. The chicken coop was probably built at about the same time as the house. The garage is a relatively modern structure, built within the past twenty years. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located on the east side of Main Street in a residential neighborhood of modest homes. A block to the north, Main Street begins to transition into Louisville's downtown commercial district. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects Garage, Chicken House 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: n/a 28. Original owner: unknown Source of information: n/a 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no n/a