Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2012 04 16

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Next, later in 1948, 1005 La Farge was purchased by Dr. Walter Bock. He, his wife Helen, and their children lived in the house and he had his medical office in the small building facing on Short. Local residents also remember that Dr. Bock made house calls. Dr. Bock is remembered as then going into the service. When he returned, he resumed his practice in Boulder, not Louisville. Dr. Bock, who was born in Missouri in 1911, died in Florida in 1993. Helen Bock, who was born in Illinois in 1912, died in Florida in 1999 . In 1955, Dr. William Bresnahan and Laurel Bresnahan purchased 1005 La Farge. He was the last doctor to have his practice at this address. They had the property for one year. The Bresnahans are remembered has having had two children, an older boy and a younger girl. In an interesting wrinkle to the story of this property, in 1964, several years after they had moved away from this house, Dr. and Mrs. Bresnahan were killed by their then 16-year-old son while on a camping trip in Summit County. William James Bresnahan, Jr. was sentenced to life in prison. According to online Denver Post and Los Angeles Tim es sources, he was paroled in 1977, and in 1987, then-Governor Roy Romer pardoned him. William James Bresnahan Jr. became a practicing physician himself in California. Some consider his to be a juvenile justice success story. In 1956, the Bresnahans sold 1005 La Farge to William and Ruth Andrew and their son, William W. Andrew. William Andrew, born in circa 1886, was a retired coal mine operator who had locally operated the Centennial Mine. He passed away in 1963. In 1970, Ruth Andrew and her son sold 1005 La Farge to Charles "Charlie" Parise, who owned it just under one year . Later Owners The owner of 1005 La Farge from 1970 to 1989 was Doris Donner. In 1989, Robert Qualls and Judy Cresswell, the current owners, purchased the property. Discussion of Construction Date There is not a clear indication of when this house was constructed. However, there are some different pieces of evidence.