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purchased the house in 1986. There were four of them. Also, there used to be more doors on every room, and they removed some. They stated that they removed a porch with a washer and dryer that had been at the northeast corner of the house and replaced it with a sunroom with a laundry area. They made the kitchen window over the sink, that faces north, larger. They said that they believed that there used to be a door there. They indicated that what had become the large bathroom on the first floor in the far left back of the house (NW corner of house) might have originally been a pantry next to the kitchen. In the basement was a coal furnace that has been converted to a modern gas furnace. There used to be a lot of exposed dirt, and Henry Wollum stated that he had done a lot of work with stucco in the basement to cover over the exposed dirt. There was no heat to the upstairs with its four bedrooms when the Wollum/Erk family moved in. Current Owner, Since 2010 In 2010, Nancy Hamilton Pels purchased 301 Spruce. In 2013, ownership was conveyed to the Susannah Hamilton Pels Irrevocable Trust, which is the current owner of record. National Register Listing, 1986 301 Spruce was selected as one of six residences in Louisville to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. To reiterate, it is strongly believed that the person who wrote the information for the Colorado office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation that was relied on for the National Register listing erred in referring to the house as the Robinson House, and did not refer to any evidence for it being called by that name. It would more accurately be referred to as the Thompson House. The listing described the structure in this way: "This is a two and a half story wood/wood frame Edwardian vernacular house with multiple gabled roofs. The foundation is coarsed rubble with a rectangular footprint. The doors and windows are in their original locations and are original. There are multiple gabled roofs with asphalt shingles. The landscaping is extensive and original. There are no associated outbuildings." In addition, it was noted: "In a community consisting primarily of modest frame houses, [it] remains as one of Louisville's largest and most elaborate historic residences." Sources The preceding research is based on a review of relevant and available online County property records, census records, oral history interviews, and related resources, and Louisville directories, newspaper articles, maps, files, obituary records, survey records, and historical photographs from the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum. 6