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Resource Number: 5BL8011 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description The Wildwood Music Building is a one-story L-shaped commercial building located at the northeast corner of Main and Spruce Streets in downtown Louisville. The building presently houses three businesses: Wildwood Music at 804 Main Street, Exquisite Enterprises Inc. at 800 Main Street, and Beebo's Used Books at 925 Spruce Street. The building is of brick and concrete block construction, and its primary elevations (fronting onto Main and Spruce Streets) have been cladded with vertical particle board siding. The building's rear (east) elevation is partially covered with particle board siding, with exposed concrete block on the remainder of the elevation. The building is covered by a flat roof. Parapet walls extending above the roof line on the west and south elevations, are cladded with square -cut wood shingles. The building's west elevation, which fronts to Main Street, has two single -light and one 2-light fixed -pane storefront windows, with wood frames. Two entry doors on this elevation provide access to Wildwood Music and to Exquisite Enterprises Inc. Two signs on the west elevation advertise "Wildwood Music", and "Exquisite Enterprises Inc. Awards, Plaques, Trophys, Engraving." A wood - paneled door on the building's south elevation enters Beebo's Used Books at 925 Spruce Street. Secondary entrances are located at the east end of the south elevation, and on the east (rear) elevation. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Sanborn insurance maps provide evidence that the south end of this building was constructed sometime before 1893, while the north end was built between 1908 and 1916. Boulder County Assessor records indicate that major renovations of the building were carried out in 1952 and 1975. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This building is located at the northeast corner of Spruce and Main Streets, in the heart of downtown Louisville. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects nia IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate ca. 1890; ca. 1910 Actual Source of information: Sanborn maps, 1893 and 1908 26. Architect: n/a Source of information: n/a 27. Builder/ Contractor: Herman H. Fischer (possibly) Source of information: Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. 28. Original owner: unknown Source of information: n/a 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no n/a