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Resource Number: 5BL8040 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description Constructed in 1946, this building is one of the newest commercial building's located along Louisville's Main Street. The building fronts onto a wide concrete sidewalk, which parallels Main Street to the west, and it is located between the Colaccj's Restaurant building to the north, and the Wildwood Music Building to the south. The building's facade is of brick masonry construction, covered with white stucco. The front part of the building is covered by an intersecting gables roof, with red clay tiles, and with closed eaves. An enclosed, rounded entryway is set within a small courtyard, set back from the sidewalk along Main Street. A glass -in -steel -frame entry door opens onto the courtyard, and a teal color canvas awning, with black wrought iron supports, extends out to the main sidewalk. The courtyard is partially enclosed by low half -walls, flanked by pillars, adorned with Vietnamese characters. Windows on the facade include a large single -light fixed -pane window, and four slender, vertically -oriented single - light fixed -pane windows, covered by teal color canvas awnings. An octagon -shaped neon sign on the facade wall advertises "Vietnamese & Chinese Restaurant', and is adorned with Chinese symbols. The sign was drawn by owner Tulien Loitrinh' father and has special meanings commemorating their family's heritage. Another vertically -oriented sign at the north end of the facade advertises TULIEN'S. The rear portion of this building, to the east, has a flat roof, and was probably once part of an earlier structure here, predating the front part of the building's 1946 construction. At least part of this part of the building appear to be of brick construction, and there is a red brick chimney is located on the exterior of the north elevation. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: This building was constructed in 1946. There have been no additions subsequent to the original construction. Sanborn insurance maps show that an earlier building here was constructed prior to 1893. The rear portion of the extant structure (the front part of the extant structure was built in 1946) may also have been part of the earlier building. 23. Landscape or setting special features: Tulien's Vietnamese and Chinese Restaurant is located on the east side of Main Street, in downtown Louisville. An asphalt parking lot behind the building, extends to the alley. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects nia IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate Actual 1946 Source of information: "Louisville Views New Cafe Building With Distrust." Rocky Mountain News, April 13, 1946. 26. Architect: unknown Source of information: n/a 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: n/a 28. Original owner: William F. Clements Source of information: "Louisville Views New Cafe Building With Distrust." Rocky Mountain News, April 13, 1946. 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no nla