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Resource Number: 5BL931 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description Built at the turn of the twentieth century, this residence is a 11/2-story wood -frame dwelling, supported by a low sandstone foundation, covered with concrete pargeting. The building's exterior walls are painted beige horizontal weatherboard, with painted buff red 1" by 4" corner boards. The roof is a moderately -pitched front gable, with an intersecting gabled to the north elevation. (This portion may be an early addition.) The roof is covered with grey asphalt shingles and has boxed eaves. A red brick chimney is located just below the ridge on the north facing roof slope. Windows are primarily 1/1 double -hung sash, with painted white wood frames, and painted buff red wood surrounds. Double hung windows on the north elevation, and on the facade (west elevation) are also decorated with flower boxes beneath the sills. Other windows of note include a canted hipped -roof bay on the south elevation, and two 8-light casement windows in an enclosed shed -roofed rear porch, at the east end of the south elevation. A painted brown and green wood -paneled door, with six upper sash lights, and with a painted green wood screen door, opens onto a concrete porch which extends along the south end of the facade. Painted buff red and green turned columns support a low-pitched hipped porch roof. The house's secondary entrance is located on the east elevation. Two non -historic lxl horizontal sliding glass bypass doors, open onto a large non -historic redwood deck, covered by a shed roof. A Garage is located southeast of the house. Dating from the period of significance, this building features a low concrete perimeter walls foundation, and very rare stone exterior walls. A small flat -roofed extension, located at the east end of the north elevation, is also of stone construction. The roof is a moderately -pitched front gable, with green asphalt shingles, over lx wood decking and 2x wood rafters. Rolled asphalt, in a lozenge pattern, appears in the upper gable ends on the east and west elevations. One red brick chimney is located just below the ridge at the east end of the north facing roof slope. Windows are paired and tripled 4-light fixed -panes, with painted green wood frames, and painted buff red wood surrounds. Two, painted green and red, horizontal sliding garage doors, on the west elevation, open onto a seldom -used driveway which extends along the south side of the house to Lincoln Avenue. A single wood -paneled door, with a dentil course in its locking rail, is located on the north elevation. A Tool Shed is located in the backyard, northeast of the house. This small building has a wood timbers on grade foundation, painted beige horizontal weatherboard walls, with painted buff red 1" by 4" corner boards, and a shed roof with asphalt shingles over lx wood decking and 2x wood rafters. A vertical wood plank door, side hinged with metal strap hinges, is located on the south elevation. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Boulder County Assessor records indicate that this building was constructed in 1900. This date is plausible given the house's architectural character, and that the Pleasant Hill Addition was platted in 1900. This house was likely one of the first built in this neighborhood. A possible gabled addition to the north elevation predates 1950. The garage and shed also date from the period of significance. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located on the east side of Lincoln Avenue in one of Louisville's older residential neighborhoods. A planted grass front yard, and a large side yard to the south, features minimal landscaping. A planted grass backyard is enclosed by a chain link fence. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects Garage: Tool Shed IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate Actual 1900 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor records 26. Architect: nia Source of information: nia 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: n/a 28. Original owner: unknown Source of information: nia 30. Original location: yes Moved no Date of move(s) nla