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Resource Number: 5BL8010 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade / Specialty Store 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce and Trade I Department Store 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade / Restaurant 34. Site type(s): Commercial Building - Restaurant 35. Historical Background Louisville's Sanborn maps reveal that the original building on this lot was a small structure built prior to 1893. Carolyn Conarroe, in The Louisville Story (p. 41), provides documentation that the building's earliest use was as a one -room school. This would probably have been before the Louisville School was built at the corner of Spruce Street and Jefferson Avenue in 1880. In 1893, the small building here was a billiards hall, and in 1900, it was vacant. By 1908, a new, much larger, commercial building had been erected here. Its use on the 1908 Sanborn map is listed as "Drugs." From the 1910s, into the late 1930s, this business was known as the Louisville Drug Company. F.J. Kulick was the drugstore's proprietor in 1916, but by 1921, William Korbel was in charge of the business. From circa 1928 through the late 1930s, Benjamin Newrock was the owner and proprietor of the Louisville Drug Company. Freda Newrock, Benjamin's wife, was a teacher. From circa 1950 to the present, the property has been owned by the Mangus family. In about 1950, T.W. LaSalle's furniture store was located here, and in 1959, Arthur Porta ran dry goods business at this location. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Louisville (self serve) Laundromat was located here, and by 1975, this business had evolved into the Peacock Cleaners and Laundromat. From circa 1980 to the present, this building has been a restaurant. Johnny's Restaurant was here in the early 1980s. The Double Happy Chinese Restaurant has been in business here from the mid-1980s to the present. 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. Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company Publishers. Polk's Longmont 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.