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Resource Number: 5BL7979 Temporary Resource Number: NIA 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): Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Residence 35. Historical Background This house has was built shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, and has served as a single-family dwelling since that time. The building's original owner is unknown, there is a good chance, though, that a member of the family was employed at area coal mines. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Louisville's economy was based principally on the area's coal industry. As a result, the livelihoods of most of the community's jnhabitants were directly, or indirectly, dependent on the coal mines. {� Throughout much of the twentieth century, this was the residence of Joe and Ma o.'Joe Jasko was a miner who had come to Louisville in the 1890s. He and Mary had previously lived i e further north on LaFarge, between Spruce and Walnut, before moving into this house sometime in D s. Joe passed away in the 1940s, but Mary continued to live here in retirement into the early 1 OSei ir son, Joseph Jr., was also a long-time Louisville miner. e From 1966, to the present, this has been the res 'Noddy and Edward Plumley. Parents of thirteen children, the Plumleys previously lived in Grand Islaffabraska, and in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Edward worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. In Louisyi dddard worked for the City of Louisville Grounds Department during the late 1960s and through the 1971\\ ea'c Oe 36. Sourceb 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'sLongmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997. Plumley, Noddy. Oral interview with Carl McWilliams, March 24, 2000. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908.