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<br /> <br />HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from Historian Bridget Bacon <br /> <br />This property is part of Jefferson Place, which was platted in 1880. Records indicate <br />the house was built prior to 1897 and moved on to this site in 1897. The building is <br />currently owned by the applicant, Mark Brunner, and is used as a residence. <br /> <br />Porta Family, Owners 1896-2012 <br />Antonio and Libra Porta lived across the street from 925 Lafarge and apparently <br />purchased 925 Lafarge for one of their four sons. That son, Henry Porta Sr., was a coal <br />miner born in Italy, like his father. He and his wife, Edith Zarini, had ten children. Their <br />son, Albert, inherited the house in 1942, where he lived until his death until 2002. Albert <br />married Helen Bean, and they had no children. Like his father and grandfather, Albert <br />was a coal miner, working at the Centennial, Hi-Way, and Eagle mines until 1953. He <br />then worked as a plumber and pipe-fitter at Rocky Flats. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br />