600 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11287 Temporary Resource Number: 157508435010 A historic cabin is located at the northeast corner of the site. This is one of several historic cabins in Jefferson Place that are currently being used as storage outbuildings. Most are found in the back of the properties, like this one. They may be in their original locations or they may have been moved onto the sites. This particular example has white-painted horizontal wood drop siding, a gable roof with exposed rafter tails, gray asphalt roll roofing, and a white wooden man-door on the south side. There is a two-light wooden sash window on the east side. As further evidence that this was likely a cabin rather than a storage building, there is a red brick chimney on the west side near the north end. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1902 Source of information: Boulder County 26. Architect: unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Antonio De Santo Source of information: Boulder County property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was built around ca. 1902. The 1948 Boulder County assessor card plan sketch depicts a 28 x 28 foot house with an open porch at the southeast corner. The card mentions a 10x12 wooden "storehouse" with lighting that was noted to be in poor condition. This is likely the existing cabin. The card does not mention the carport nor does it mention the other outbuilding (barn/garage), possibly indicating that it was moved onto the site at a later date. In 1959, a 10x8 addition was built on the northeast corner of the main house. In 1973, K&H Construction built a 20x20 foot addition. This is probably the addition at the northwest corner of the house. Between 1948 and 1973, the siding was replaced, some of the windows were replaced in modified openings, the chimney was removed, the front stoop gable was added and awnings were added. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Urban residence 35. Historical background: This building is part of Jefferson Place, the first residential subdivision in Louisville. This house was associated with two families until 1999: The Tony and Mary De Santo family, and Carmen and Ann Romano who were long time owners and operators of the Rex Theatre in Louisville. In 1898, Jefferson Place developer Charles Welch conveyed twenty-nine different lots in Jefferson Place to a Denver lawyer, Harper Orahood, apparently for Orahood to resell. Lots 12 and 13 of Block 7 were among these lots. It appears that Orahood was to then sell these properties. He conveyed 600 Jefferson to Antonio De Santo by a deed that was recorded in 1904. Boulder County gives 1902 as the year of construction for this property. Although the dates given by Boulder County have sometimes been found to be in error with respect to historic buildings in Louisville, for this particular house there was no other evidence found that could help prove or disprove this date. The property in question is outside of 3