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Resource Number: 5BL7967 i Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description 23. Landscape or setting special features: Comprised of a house with an attached The Parsons House is a one-story wood frame building supported a garage,and a secondary residence,this property by a concrete foundation. The exterior walls are beige color is located in the southeast portion of downtown undulated asbestos shingle siding,and the clipped front gable roof is Louisville. The house is set back approximately is covered with brown asphalt shingles. The rafter ends are ?. four feet from a wide concrete sidewalk exposed, with a fascia board. One non-original red brick chimney I' paralleling Front Street to the east, while an is located on the north elevation. The building's original windows asphalt parking lot for the Louisville Public are entirely 1/1 double-hung sash, with painted green wood Library is directly to the north. frames, and painted white wood surrounds. Several windows, including lxl horizontal sliders and single-light fixed-panes, are not historic. A single-light glass-in-wood-frame entry door is located on the east elevation (facade), which is decorated by two 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects brick flower boxes flanking the entry. Three shed-roofed additions Secondary Residence; Garage to the original west (rear) elevation connect this building to a secondary residence at 721 i Front Street. The Secondary Residence is a wood frame building which rests on a concrete foundation, has painted beige horizontal masonite IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY siding, and a side-gabled roof with brown asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. Window patterns in this building include 1/1 25. Date of Construction: double-hung sash,3/1 double-hung sash(ribbon style),single-light Estimate ca. 1935 fixed-panes, and lxl horizontal sliders. A solid wood door opens Actual onto a concrete stoop on the building's south elevation Source of information: A Garage, converted to commercial use ("Aarcom Computer Boulder County Assessor Systems the Mac Repair Center") is attached to the main house's south elevation. This building features a concrete foundation, painted beige concrete block walls, and a flat roof with parapet 26. Architect: walls extending above the roof line on the north and south n/a elevations. The garage's east elevation(facade)has been cladded with blue horizontal masonite siding. Small lxl horizontal sliding Source of information: windows, with metal frames, and with rowlock slip sills, are n/a .i...1••; located on the garage's north and west elevations. A single-light fixed-pane window is located on the east elevation. A painted blue wood-paneled door, with a white metal storm door, opens 27. Builder/ Contractor: onto a concrete driveway on the east elevation. unknown Source of information: nia :... 28. Original owner: unknown 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Source of information: According to Boulder County Assessor records this house was n/a constructed in 1935. A secondary residence,located near the rear 30. Original location: yes of the property, probably dates from the same time period. The Moved no buildings have been connected by three shed-roofed additions, Date of move(s) nla built at an unknown date(s). The garage also appears to date from the late 1930s.