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Resource Number: 5BL8043 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description This building is comprised of two main sections - a two-story stuccoed brick masonry (or possibly wood frame) building to the north, with a square plan, and a stuccoed wood frame portion to the south, with a rectangular plan. Together, the two sections come together to create an L-shaped building. The two-story portion has a stone foundation, with concrete pargeting, and a hipped roof, with asphalt shingles and exposed rafter ends. One red brick chimney is located on the interior of the east elevation. Window patterns on the entire building include: 6/1 double -hung sash (ribbon style), flanked by 6-light hoppers; single -light fixed -panes; 3-light fixed - panes; 3/1 double -hung sash (ribbon style); 6/1 double -hung sash (ribbon style); and 8-light fixed panes. Many of these windows are not historic, and have painted black or white wood frames and surrounds. The main entry door on the facade (west elevation), is glass -in -wood -frame, which opens onto a concrete porch, with a gabled hood supported by Doric columns. This entrance presently provides access to Cutting Edge Communications. Another glass -in -wood -frame door opens onto a small wood porch, located on the north elevation. On the east elevation, yet another glass -in -wood -frame door opens onto a handicapped ramp. (All of these doors and porches are not historic.) The portion of the building to the south, features a front gabled plan, which is one story tall at the front (west) end, and two stories tall at the rear. A pseudo Classical Revival style facade has been put on the front end of the building, on the west elevation. Paired glass -in -wood -frame entry doors here, with flanking sidelights, provide entry into Main Street Mortgage LLC. A large Garage / Workshop is located on the alley, at the east end of the lot. This building abuts to, and is part of the same construction, as the garage next door at 836 Main Street. The garage / workshop has a concrete slab foundation and floor, and red glazed brick walls, covered with concrete pargeting. The roof is flat, with stepped side gables along the north and west elevations. The roof is covered with corrugated metal over lx wood decking and 2x wood rafters. Two painted white wood - paneled roll -away garage doors, open toward Walnut Street on the north elevation. Two metal overhead garage doors are located at the south end of the west elevation. is 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Sanborn insurance maps show that this lot was first built on prior to 1893. The 1893 and 1900 Sanborn maps both depict a dwelling here, which fronted directly onto Main Street. By 1908, this building had been razed. The 1908 Sanborn map depicts the north end of the extant building (the square hipped -roof portion), and lists its use as a dwelling. Also depicted on the 1908 Sanborn, is the east end of the south part of the extant building. This building's use is labeled "Bake Oven." In 1908, these two buildings were two separate structures, which had not yet been joined together. Finally, one other small building is depicted on this lot on the 1908 Sanborn map. This building, labeled "Bakery" fronted directly onto Main Street at the southwest corner of the lot. By the 1940s, it had been razed. Boulder County Assessor records suggest that the modern alterations to the extant building were carried out in 1975. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located at the southeast corner of Main and Walnut Streets, in downtown Louisville. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects Garage/ Workshop IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate ca. 1904 Actual Source of information: Sanborn maps, 1900 and 1908 26. Architect: n/a Source of information: n/a 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: n/a 28. Original owner: unknown Source of information: n/a 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no n/a