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Resource Number: 5BL8018 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade 1 Business 34. Site type(s): Dwelling / Real Estate Office 35. Historical Background Boulder County Assessor records indicate that this building was constructed at the turn of the twentieth century. Throughout most of its history, the building served as a single-family residence. Research through Boulder County directories reveals that for many years, this property was owned by the Cable family. Norman Cable came to Louisville in the 1890s, and in the early 1900s, he was employed as a car inspector by the Colorado and Southern Railroad. Norman, his wife Bessie, and a son George, lived in a house on Front Street, between Walnut and Front Streets, during the period circa 1900 - 1918. The 1928 Boulder County Directory lists Bessie Cable living at this location, as the widow of Norman. George Cable is also listed as living here at that time. Interestingly, George's occupation is listed as car inspector for the Colorado and Southern Railroad - the same post his father had held some 25 years earlier. This property remained with the Cable family into the early 1960s. From the late 1970s into the early 1990s, the Fantasyland Dayschool and Daycare Center was located here. The building is now a Century 21 Real Estate office. 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. 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.