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Resource Number: 5BL7359
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508425005
<br />ownership of 817 Pine to George's sister and her husband, Rose and James Gilmour, while maintaining ownership of
<br />809 Pine.
<br />Rose Sirokman Gilmour was born in 1900 in Louisville to George and Mary Sirokman. She married James Gilmour in
<br />1921. He was born in 1900 and, according to the 1930 census, worked as a miner. The 1930 census shows the
<br />Gilmour family as living in this location. The 1930 census records also show George Jr. and Mildred as living next
<br />door at 809 Pine with their children. Property records show that in 1930, George Jr. and Mildred conveyed 809 Pine
<br />to George's (and Rose's) parents, George and Mary Sirokman. Thus, Rose Gilmour first lived next to her brother,
<br />then next to her parents in their retirement. Additional information about the Sirokman family is given in the report on
<br />809 Pine.
<br />Rose and James Gilmour divorced in 1937, at which point he conveyed his interest in 817 Pine to their daughter,
<br />Dorothy Gilmour. He died in 1944. Rose married Fred Michel (born 1900) in 1943. According to a Sirokman family
<br />history, Rose Gilmour at one time had a beauty shop in her home at 817 Pine. However, a business listing in
<br />Louisville directories was not located. Rose died in 1979, and Fred Michel died in 1981.
<br />In 1950, Dorothy Gilmour Horvat sold 817 Pine to Martha and Emelio Petrelli, and they appear in the 1951 directory
<br />as residing there. They were followed by owners Floyd and Katherine Elrod, who were listed at this address in the
<br />1952-53 directory. In 1953, Robert Varra and his mother, Elizabeth Varra, purchased 817 Pine. Elizabeth Varra (with
<br />her husband, Albert) owned and operated Varra's Market, located very close by at 700 Main Street (5BL961.5) , from
<br />the 1950s to the 1960s. In 1960, 817 Pine became the property of Robert Varra and his wife, Carolyn. Robert Varra
<br />worked as a Clerk at Varra's Market. They owned and lived at 817 Pine until 1972. A number of owners followed,
<br />with no one owning the property for more than five years at a time until 2001, when the current owners, Cameron
<br />Weise and Ann Lukens Weise, purchased it.
<br />36. Sources of information:
<br />Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
<br />in Boulder, Colorado.
<br />Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through
<br />http://recorder.bouldercounty.org.
<br />Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Louisville, Colorado building permit files
<br />Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestrv.com .
<br />Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909
<br />Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908
<br />Louisville, Colorado cemetery records, accessed at http://files.usgwarchives.orq/co/boulder/cemeteries/louisville.txt
<br />Green Mountain Cemetery Index to Interment Books, 1904-1925, Boulder Genealogical Society, 2006.
<br />Kutes, Andrew. "History of Czechs and Slovaks in the State of Colorado 1876-1976" (undated booklet without
<br />publication information).
<br />Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum, including an undated history of the George and Mary
<br />Sirokman family that was provided by the family, with information on their descendants, and an undated Varra family
<br />history, "The Varra Family."
<br />VI. SIGNIFICANCE
<br />37. Local landmark designation: Yes No X Date of designation: NA
<br />Designating authority: NA
<br />37A. Applicable Local Landmark Criteria for Historic Landmarks:
<br />A. Architectural.
<br />(1) Exemplifies specific elements of an architectural style or period.
<br />(2) Example of the work of an architect or builder who is recognized for expertise nationally,
<br />statewide, regionally, or locally.
<br />(3) Demonstrates superior craftsmanship or high artistic value.
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