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Walter Snair (1873-1938) and Lulu Clarke Snair (1880-1929) had four children who were raised in this house: Betty, Walter, Berta, and Ann. The 1920 and 1930 federal census records show them to be living at this location. In 1930, the household consisted of Walter and Lulu Snair, their four children, and a servant, Mary McCullough, who was a widow. In the 1930s, the Snairs' son, Walter, lived at 641 Main with his wife, Audrey. Dr. Jack D. Bartholomew Ownership, c. 1939 —1940 Although Dr. Jack Bartholomew didn't take ownership of this building until around 1939 (1939 being the year that the deed was recorded), he was already living in it and working in it as a Louisville doctor at the time of the 1936 Louisville directory. (He was also listed in the 1939 directory along with Dr. Walter Boyd.) It appears likely that he started renting it from the Snair family (Lulu Snair having died in 1929, and Dr. Walter Snair having moved away to California), or possibly the deed was signed earlier but not recorded until 1939. The Louisville Historical Museum has in its collection a painted wooden sign from Dr. Bartholomew's office that hung by chains on the exterior of 641 Main Street. Jack Bartholomew and his wife, Dorothy, lived at 641 Main and he had his medical practice there. Dr. Bartholomew later had a medical practice in Boulder. Dr. Walter Bovd Ownership. 1940-1943 Dr. Bartholomew and Dr. Boyd were business partners for a time in the 1930s. Similar to Dr. Bartholomew's situation, Dr. Walter Boyd's years of ownership do not exactly coincide with when he was known to have worked as a doctor out of 641 Main. Walter Boyd was born in North Dakota in 1908 and received his medical degree from the Colorado School of Medicine in 1925. He and his wife, Kathleen Towne, who was born in 1909, married in 1935 and came to Louisville by 1937. They resided at 641 Main, where he also had his medical office. In a sad accident remembered by many current Louisville residents, Kathleen Boyd drowned in an accident during a storm and flood of Coal Creek just east of downtown Louisville as the couple was driving home from Denver after dark. The flood waters in Coal Creek apparently cut a new channel and there was little warning. This occurred on September 2, 1938. Walter Boyd was thrown from the car and dived in to try to save his wife, but was unsuccessful. Newspaper reports state that he walked to town for help, while suffering from a skull fracture, and was hospitalized in critical condition. The terrible flooding caused extensive damage in Boulder County. The following photo from an undated newspaper clipping shows Dr. Walter Boyd: 4