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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />January 2018 <br />LCityof <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO - SINCE 1878 <br />712 Main St. & 722 Main St. Histories <br />At the request of the Louisville Planning Dept., the Louisville Historical Museum is <br />supplying the following summary of information along with photos from the Museum's <br />photo collection for the properties at 712 and 722 Main Street. <br />Summary: These two parcels were both strongly connected with Irish immigrants who <br />settled in Louisville. The two families that originally lived at the two locations became <br />related to each other in 1917, when the daughter of Patrick and Mary Cummings of 712 <br />Main married the grandson of Hanora Collins McNyland of 722 Main. <br />The current buildings at 712 Main and 722 Main are associated with a public utility and <br />with governmental functions at the city, county, and federal levels. Also, the current <br />building at 712 Main was also the location of commercial enterprise from 1964 until <br />1979. <br />Legal Descriptions and Dates of Construction: <br />712 Main — Lot 8, Block 3, Original Louisville; current building constructed 1964 <br />722 Main — Lot 9, Block 3, Original Louisville; current building constructed 1959 <br />Photos of Historic Structures <br />The Museum photo collection includes the following scenes of 712 & 722 Main. Their <br />appearances date to when 712 Main was the home and store of the Cummings family <br />and 722 Main was the home of the McNyland/Klee/Campbell family. <br />The following photo from the 1930s shows Lois Goodhue with 722 Main (the low <br />building on the left) and 712 Main (the white building and darker storefront) behind her, <br />across the street to the east. The photo was taken from the yard of her home at 717 <br />Main. <br />1 <br />