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Louisville Historical Museum <br />February 2012 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1005 La Farge Ave. History <br /> <br />Legal Description: Lots 1 & 2, Block 4, Barclay Place <br /> <br />Year of Construction: 1903 -1931 (see discussion below) <br /> <br />Architect : Unknown <br /> <br />Previous address es used to refer to this property: 502 La Farge and 504 La Farge ,AunderALouisville’sAoldA <br />system of addresses that changed in the late 1930s . Also, in the 1952-53 Louisville directory, 1005 La <br />Farge is given as the address of the business, and 1005 ½ is given as the address of the residence. <br /> <br />Summary: This property was used for a combination of residential and commercial purposes from the <br />early 1900s until at least the 1950s. It was the site of the Allera residence and grocery store, then a <br />residenceAandAdoctor’sAofficeAusedAbyAthreeAd ifferent physicians and one chiropractor. Although La Farge <br />Avenue was primarily made up of residential buildings, this address is one of at least six La Farge <br />properties that historically were non-residential. <br /> <br /> <br />Development of the Barclay Place Subdivision ; Allera Ownership of Lots <br /> <br />The Barclay Place subdivision in which this house sits was platted in 1897. <br /> <br />In 1903, John Allera (1882- 1905)AmarriedADomenicaA“Kate”AFenoliaA(1884 -1936). She had grown up <br />nearby at 920 La Farge. Her parents, Batista Fenolia and Louisa Buffo Fenolia, who had been born in <br />Italy, still lived there. Also in 1903, John Allera purchased these lots from the developers of Barclay <br />Place.AItAisAlikelyAthatAthisAlocationAwasAchosenAinApartAbecauseAofAitsAproximityAtoAKateA llera’sAparents’A <br />home. The 1904 Louisville directory lists the couple as living in Barclay Place, which would likely have <br />beenAatAthisAlocation,AsinceAtheyAdidn’tAownAotherArealAproperty. <br /> <br />InformationAaboutAJohnA llera’sAoriginsAcouldAnotAbeAlocated,AbutAitAisAbeliev ed that he was born in Italy <br />or of Italian parents. <br /> <br />John and Kate Allera had two sons, Joseph and John. In December 1905, John Allera died of unknown <br />causes when his younger son was just five days old. <br /> <br />In 1909, Kate Allera opened a grocery store on Main Street in order to help support her children. In <br />1910, she had a store built at what is today 1005 La Farge, onAtheAfamily’sApropertyArightAnextAtoAtheir <br />home. It seems likely that this enabled her to not have to pay rent for the store space on Main Street.