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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado April 2012 IL: Cityq Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 641 Main Street History Legal Description: E 87 1/2 FT OF S1/2 Lot 21 & E 87 1/2 FT Lot 22, Block 5, Original Louisville Year of Construction: circa 1880 Architect/Builder: Unknown Previous addresses used to refer to this property: 142 2nd Street, 140 2nd Street, 132 Main, 136 Main, 130 Main (under Louisville's old address system that ended in the late 1930s). Today, different parts of the building bear the addresses of 637 Main, 639 Main, and 641 Main, but the County's official address for the entire building is 641 Main. Summary: This is one of the oldest structures in Louisville. The original sections appear on the 1893 Sanborn fire insurance map for Louisville. It was the home of Thomas and Rebecca Thirlaway and their family for over thirty years, beginning in 1884. Beginning in 1917, it was then the home and office for four consecutive Louisville doctors at this important intersection that many would consider to be the main intersection, or center, of Louisville. The building has three obvious sections, which will be referred to as the north, middle, and south sections. Earliest Ownership This property is part of Original Louisville that was platted and recorded with the County in 1878. Records show that George Steuble purchased the property in 1879. An early map for Louisville from 1880-81 shows George Steuble (1827-1915) to be living on this exact corner. Also, George Steuble and his wife, Elizabeth, and children are shown on the 1880 census for Louisville as living in the general vicinity of what is now 641 Main Street, although the census did not give exact locations. According to a Steuble relative, the very oldest part of the house was the middle section, first floor, and it was 1