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Resource Number: 5BL929 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description This house, presently used both as a beauty parlor, and as a residence, is a rectangular -shaped wood frame dwelling, supported by a low concrete foundation. The building's exterior walls are comprised of painted pale yellow wide horizontal wood siding, and the roof is a moderately -pitched front gable, with red asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. There are no chimneys. Windows include original 1/1 double -hung sash, with painted blue wood frames, and several non -original lxl horizontal sliders, with metal frames. A painted blue wood -paneled door, with a painted blue wood screen door, opens onto a concrete porch, which extends nearly the full length of the facade (west elevation). Black wrought iron posts hold up a hipped porch roof. A wood -paneled door, with a white metal storm door, opens onto a redwood deck, located on the east elevation. The deck is covered by a shed roof, and is approached by a handicapped ramp. A third entrance is located on the south elevation, where a painted blue wood -paneled door, with a black wrought iron security door, opens onto a 4-step wood porch. A two -car Garage is located east of the house. This is a rectangular -shape wood frame building, with a concrete slab foundation and floor. The exterior walls are painted white horizontal wood siding, and the roof is a moderately -pitched side gable, with red asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. Single 1xl horizontal sliding windows are located on the west and east elevations. A single, painted blue, wood -paneled door is located on the west elevation. Paired, painted blue and white, wood - paneled roll -away garage doors open onto a concrete driveway on the south elevation. The driveway extends to Elm Street to the south. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Boulder County Assessor records list 1890 as this building's date of construction, and an 1893 Sanborn map corroborates that the original portion of the building was constructed prior to 1893. A hipped and gable addition to the east (rear) elevation dates to 1951. The garage was built in 1951 as well. The house was extensively remodeled in 1981, when part of the dwelling was converted into a beauty parlor. The house was resided, several window openings were changed, and the wrought iron front porch posts were put up at that time. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located at the northeast corner of Main and Elm Streets, just south of downtown Louisville. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects Garage IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate Actual 1890 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor records; Sanborn map, 1893. 26. Architect: nia Source of information: nia 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: 28. Original owner: (a Dr. H.R. and Anna Burns Source of information: Mary Stead (present owner) 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no n/a