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View of the house at 735 Spruce Street belonging to William L. Armstrong, president of Mercantile Bank and Trust Company (Tangen photo #5752)

Views of the house at 724 Spruce Street that was built in 1899 as a boarding house by Colonel Jarib L. Sanderson. Photos show the house during construction, immediately after construction, and after it was derelict. The house was razed ca. 1939.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Large frame, farm-type house with few exterior embellishments. Clapboard and shingle. Porch with columns. Dormer window., CONTRIBUTING ACCESSORY BUILDING: 1 carriage house built pre-1929., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The house maintains its visual integrity with its simple colonial details on its farm house design. Through its scale, building materials and design it contributs to the historic district., DESIGNATION: Local Landmark., DATE BUILT: 1889., STYLE: Colonial Revival., ORIGINAL OWNER: George Wales.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: One-and-a-half story brick dwelling with cross-gable roof with overhanging eaves. Gable face has variegated wood shingles and tall, double-hung windows. Course of decorative brickwork at lintel level. Raised stone foundation. Hipped roof porch with spindle supports and lace-like frieze and brackets (new). Double-hung windows with segmental arches and stone sill. Paneled and glazed door with transom. Brick chimney., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This house is representative of the vernacular dwellings with Queen Anne details erected in Boulder during the late nineteenth century, as reflected in the gabled roof, decorative wood shingles, and spindled porch supports., DATE BUILT: [1890s]., STYLE: Vernacular masonry (Queen Anne)., ORIGINAL OWNER: Archibald Van Deren.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Two story clapborad structure with three-gabled roof and bay window. the exterior has been significantly altered., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The house is associated with Professor J. Alden Smith., DESIGNATION: Local Landmark., DATE BUILT: [ca. 1872]., STYLE: Vernacular wood frame., ORIGINAL OWNER: Jacob Sullivan.

STYLE OF HOME : Craftsman, DATE HOME BUILT : 1910.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: One-and-a-half story brick dwelling with steeply pitched side gabled roof with multiple front gables. Two front gabled dormers with stucco and half- timbering topped by finials. Overhanging eaves and exposed rafters. Projecting, gabled porch with stucco and half-timbering in gable face has rounded porch wall on east; battered brick piers and brick walls., Center, paneled and glazed door with beveled glass and paneled and glazed sidelights. Triple window east of door with double-hung 9/1 light windows. Also double-hung windows with 6/1 light windows. Brick sills. Stone and brick retaining walls., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This house is a well preserved example of the Craftsman style, as reflected in the gabled roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafters and the gabled dormers; the combination of stone, brick, stucco, and half-timbering; the prominent porch with battered piers; and the multi-over-single light windows., DATE BUILT: 1920., STYLE: Craftsman., ORIGINAL OWNER: William L. Armstrong.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: 2 1/2 story dwelling with hipped roof intersected by gambrel projections on front and side elevations. Raised stone foundation, brick walls on first story, clapboard on second story, shingles on gambrel faces. Small hipped roof dormer with paired lattice windows. Multi-light wall dormer on west; shingled dormer with 12/1 light window on east. Projecting porch with flat roof topped by balcony has grouped classical columns atop solid stone porch wall., Balcony with spindled balustrade. Central entrance. Variety of windows, including double-hung, multi-light, and sash and transom. Above ground bay on facade is frame with decorative glass transom and braces underneath. Also bay windows on west (rounded, above ground, with three multi-light windows) and facing porch (multi-light, shingled.) Triple window with central lattice window in gambrel ends., CONTRIBUTING ACCESSORY BUILDING: 1 garage built 1916., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This house reflects a variety of architectural details popular during the early twentieth century, including a hipped roof with front dormer reminiscent of the Foursquare style, gambrel projections reflecting elements of the Dutch Colonial Revival style, classical porch details, and a variety of window treatments., DESIGNATION: National Register Eligible., DATE BUILT: 1903., STYLE: Eclectic.

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.