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Resource Number: 5BL7965 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description 23.lssriPmemoksilsw:Prev:.-kzu:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: setting special features: pertis located at the northeast Comprised of a house and garage, this property is located at the cornt ad Elm Streets, southeast of northeast corner of Elm and Front Streets, south of downtown dowisvil . Louisville. Planted grass front and backyards, and a large side yard to the north, all with mature landscaping, are enclosed by a chain link fence. Facing toward Front Street to the west, the house is supported by a low concrete foundation, and features 24. d bildings, features, or objects white horizontal vinyl siding, over wood frame construction. The roof is an intersecting hip and gable, with brown asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. Windows are primarily non-original lxl horizontal sliders,set in metal frames, and with decorative painted :. ..� ..:: ::,f >:: green wood shutters. A hip-roofed canted bay window, with three lxl horizontal sliding windows, is located on the south elevation. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY A stained natural brown 15-light glass-in-wood-frame door, with a i. black metal security door, opens onto a large concrete porch on 25. Date of Construction: the west elevation(facade). A one-story gabled addition has been Estimate ca. 1890 built onto the east elevation (rear) of the original building. An Actual 41 enclosed hip-roofed rear porch addition, with lxl horizontal sliding windows, has been built onto the rear the earlier addition, Source of information: further extending the building to the east. A brown metal storm Sanborn map, 1893 door enters the enclosed porch on the east elevation. Built in 1984, a two-car Garage is located to the east of the 26. Architect: house. The garage features a concrete slab foundation and floor, n/a painted blue masonite shingle siding, and a low-pitched front gable roof, with asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. Two large lxl Source of information: horizontal sliding windows are located on the west elevation. A n/a painted pale blue metal roll-away garage door opens toward Elm Street on the south elevation. 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown I Source of information: n/a 28. Original owner: unknown 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, Source of information: alterations, or demolitions: n/a Sanborn Fire insurance maps document that this lot was first 30. Original location: yes developed prior to 1893. The original dwelling was enlarged to Moved no the rear sometime between 1900 and 1908, and may have been Date of move(s) n/a used as a miners' boardinghouse. A one-story gabled addition, and a hipped-roof enclosed rear porch addition, date to the early Fi 1980s. The house's windows were changed to lxl horizontal sliders, and the walls were cladded with vinyl siding about the same time. The garage was built on 1984.