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Resource Number: 5BL8005 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Single Dwelling / Commerce and Trade/ Business 34. Site type(s): Residence 35. Historical Background This house was built in 1890, and its original (or at least very early) owner was Dr. H.R. Burns. A physician and surgeon, Dr. Burns and his wife Anna lived here until circa 1910. By the early 1920s, this was the residence of William H. and Margaret Willis. Like so many other men in Louisville at the time, William was employed as a coal miner. The Willis' daughter, Mary Elizabeth, grew up here, and eventually became the property's owner. In 1952, she sold the property to her relatives George and Margaret Stead. The property's current owners (in the year 2000), are sisters, Mary Stead & Anne Spendlow. Mary and Anne are George and Margaret's daughters. Mary Elizabeth Willis was their great aunt. In addition to Mary and Anne, the Steads had four other children who grew up here in the 1950s and 1960s. These included, George, John, Margaret, and Rose. George Stead worked as a coal miner in his younger days, and later as a machinist. Mary Stead began operating Mary's Beauty Boutique here in 1981. 36. Sources of Information Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company Publishers. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. Polk'sLongmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908. Stead, Mary. Oral interview with Carl McWilliams, April 5, 2000.