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Resource Number: 5BL961.6 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description The State Mercantile Building is an imposing 21/2-story building which dominates the visual landscape in downtown Louisville. Featuring a rectangular plan, the building is supported by a concrete foundation, and has painted beige horizontal weatherboard walls, with 1 " by 4" corner boards. The roof is a moderately -pitched front gable, with brown asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. A large false front parapet wall extends well above the roof line on the facade (east elevation), and features a decorative cornice with scroll brackets. Another parapet wall is located along the north elevation. Four large, non -original, shed - roofed dormers, each with two 1/1 double -hung sash windows, are located on the south elevation. Two stained natural brown glass - in -wood -frame doors, with a flanking sidelight, are located within a recessed entryway on the facade. The entryway is flanked, on either side, by four large single -light fixed -pane storefront windows. Above these windows and the entryway, is a band of sixteen fixed -pane clerestory windows which visually divides the building's first and second stories. Three signbands, advertising some of the building's current retail and professional tenants, are affixed to the upper facade wall, above the clerestory windows, and above these signs, are three sets of paired single -light awning windows. Finally, on the uppermost facade wall is a large painted sign advertising the building's historic name . STATE MERCANTILE. The building's south elevation fronts onto Spruce Street. Windows on the first story here include a set of paired single -light fixed -pane windows, with transom lights, and a set of three large fixed -pane storefront windows, each topped by three transom lights. Second story windows on the south elevation include five sets of paired single -light awning windows. One glass -in -wood -frame entry door is located near the center of the south elevation. On the building's west (rear) elevation, three painted cream color solid wood doors open onto a concrete dock, covered by a large flat roof, held up by squared posts. The roof also serves as a second story balcony. Windows on the west elevation include 1/1 double -hung sash, 2-light fixed -panes, and single -light fixed -panes. A very large, non -original shed -roof dormer on this elevation has six 1/1 double -hung sash windows. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: The State Mercantile Building was built originally in 1905. After the building was vacated by Steinbaugh's Hardware in 1997, efforts to renovate the building into retail and professional space were led by Louisville architect Eric Hartronft, of Hartronft Associates. The building is now home to twelve retail and professional tenants, while much of the historical character of the building's exterior has been preserved or restored. 23. Landscape or setting special features: The State Mercantile Building is located at the northwest 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 Actual 1905 Source of information: Sanborn maps; Boulder County Assessor records 26. Architect: n/a Source of information: nla 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: nia 28. Original owner: Dr. Charles F. Wolfer Source of information: Mehls, Steven F., and Mehls, Carol Drake. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory Record", (801 Main Street), July 28, 1985. 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no nia