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Resource Number: 5BL8038 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade / Business 32. Intermediate use(s): Government / Post Office 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade 1 Restaurant 34. Site type(s): Commercial Building - Restaurant 35. Historical Background This building was constructed in downtown Louisville shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. Oscar Allert, who operated a barbershop here, was also Louisville's Postmaster. Consequently, this building also served as the town's post office for a time. The building was owned by the Allert family for several decades, until Mrs. Anna Allert sold it to Mrs. Georgia M. Smith and Mae E. Bowen in 1956. Prior to buying the building in 1956, Georgia Smith had operated Georgia's Beauty Shop here for many years - since at least 1940. In 1957, the property was sold to Oscar and Selma Larson, who took over the beauty shop business. Selma's Beauty Shop was in business here from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. The Larsons apparently lived in the rear of the building for a number of years. In the early 1970s, part of the building also housed the Old Style Sausage and Barogies manufacturing facility. The building became part of Karen's Country Kitchen in the early 1980s. 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. Mehls, Steven F., and Mehls, Carol Drake. Jr. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory Record", (702/704 Main Street), July 28, 1985. On file at the Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Denver, CO. Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company Publishers. 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.