Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2012 04 16

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Boulder County gives 1931 as the date of construction for both the house and the office. However, the County has been frequently been found to be in error with respect to the dates of construction for Louisville properties, and the County has been known to give a remodel date as the date of original construction. In this case, the 1948 County Assessor card states that the house was constructed in 1931, and that it was 37 years old in 1948. However, both of these pieces of information cannot be true. Either the County meant to give 1911 as the year of construction, and to say that the house was 37 years old in 1948, or the County meant to say that the house was constructed in 1931 and it was 17 years old in 1948. Also, the evidence that has been gathered is that the office was constructed in the 1940s, not 1931. Related to this discussion is the issue of the existence of the store, which was on the south side of the property until at least 1936. Information about when it was torn down could not be located. However, some might say that the house could not have been fully remodeled to look as it does now while the store was still there. All things considered, the most likely scenario appears to be that the original part of the house was constructed in the early 1900s and perhaps as early as 1903, when the Alleras purchased this property for their home, particularly since they were living in Barclay Place in 1904. It appears to have been remodeled at some point. This could have happened in 1931, as the County says, or in a different year. June Enrietto, who was born in 1926 , has stated that it has been a stucco house that looks as it does now for as long as she can remember. Mary Anne La Salle Patete, who lived in the house as a child from 1943 to 1945, also stated that she recalls that in 1943, it was a stucco house that looks much as it does now. She also believes that her father did not do anything to greatly alter the house while her family owned it. Unfortunately, there are no members of the extended Allera or Fenolia families left who might remember the history of this property. The preceding research is based on a review of relevant and available online County property records, census records, oral history interviews, Louisville directories, and Louisville Historical Museum maps, files, obituary records, and historical photographs from the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum.