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A real estate appraisal card, compiled by the Boulder County Assessor, used for taxation purposes. The date span reflects the earliest and latest entries made on the card.

Views of the house at 1235 Baseline Road, built in 1933.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Gabled random stone rubble dwelling with wide masonry joints. Wood shingle roofing; overhanging eaves. Gables are steeply pitched and front gable end has diagonal wood siding. Shed dormer with windows. Shed roofed porch with wrought iron railings. Windows are multi- over-single light with rusticated stone sills. Large semi- circular arched window to right of entrance was originally part of porch. Stone chimney and foundation. Flagstone walks., Enclosed shed roofed frame entrance on rear., STYLE : Vernacular masonry., DATE BUILT : 1911., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This house, although somewhat altered, reflects Rustic Style construction through its stone rubble walls, foundation, and chimney; its diagonal siding in gable end; and its minimal ornamentation.

This collection contains newspaper clippings, as well as two scrapbooks of clippings and photographs, a rough draft of a speech acknowledging the unveiling of a portrait of Mrs. Jean B. Sherwood, promotional pamphlets and railroad schedules pertaining to Blue Bird Cottage, correspondence to and from Mrs. Sherwood, Blue Bird Club Bulletins 1931-1954, rough drafts of news releases in the 1930s, and the club's 1964 membership cards.

Photographs of Bluebird Cottage at 1215 Baseline Road in Boulder, Colorado, 1911-1918.

One photograph of the Bluebird Cottage at 1215 Baseline Road and one photograph of Mrs. Jean B. Sherwood believed to be working in the cottage garden, 1921.