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Resource Number: 5BL935 Temporary Resource Number: N/A 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 was constructed a few years after the turn of the twentieth century, and has served as a single-family dwelling since that time. Little is known about the early residents and owners of this property. There is a good chance, though, that they were employed by area coal mines. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Louisville's economy was principally based on the area's coal industry, and consequently, the livelihoods of most of the community's inhabitants were directly, or indirectly, dependent on the coal mines. By the late 1920s (and perhaps earlier), this house had become the residence of Albert (Bert) H. and Mabel Ostrander. Having come to Louisville in the years prior to 1904, the Ostranders ran a bakery. They previously resided at 945 Spruce Street. Other members of the Ostrander family - Othello R. and Isabelle Ostrander - resided at 240 Lincoln Avenue. Othello Ostrander was employed as a laborer in the 1910s. Albert Ostrander passed away in the late 1940s, but Mabel, his widow, continued to reside in this house until the early-to-mid-1950s. In the late 1950s, this was the home of Norris W. and Janice H. Olson. Mr. Olson was employed at Wards. In the early 1960s, this property was acquired by Leonard B. and Clara M. Lawrence. The Lawrences, who had previously resided at 564 Lincoln Avenue, lived here until the early 1990s. The property's current owner and resident is Gary Dunlap. He has lived here since 1994. 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Polk's Boulder 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. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978.