615 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11290 Temporary Resource Number: 157508434004 20. Special features: Fence, porch, garage 21. General architectural description: 615 Jefferson is a small, simple, wood-framed building, rectangular in plan, facing east to Jefferson Avenue. It has a side gabled roof covered with gray asphalt shingles. Exterior walls are clad with horizontal textured vinyl siding of a light sage green color. The foundation is concrete. All windows are replacements, cream-colored aluminum casement pairs or sets of fixed sash with casement sidelights. Centered on the east façade is a light tan paneled door with a tan metal storm, sheltered by a small shed roof on painted 4x4 wood posts. There is a concrete stoop at the entrance, one step above a concrete walk leading to the City sidewalk. There is a side door on the south side and aluminum slider doors on the west side leading to the brick patio. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other style: wood frame side gable 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Jefferson Place Subdivision is a historic residential neighborhood adjacent to downtown Louisville. The subdivision is laid out on a standard urban grid of narrow, deep lots with rear alleys. Houses are built to a fairly consistent setback line along the streets with small front lawns, deep rear yards and mature landscaping. Small, carefully maintained single-family residences predominate. Most of the houses are wood framed, one or one and one-half stories in height, featuring white or light-colored horizontal wood or steel siding, gabled or hipped asphalt shingled roofs and front porches. While many of the houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character-defining features have been preserved. Located on a narrow mid-block lot, 615 Jefferson Avenue is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. The front yard is small, grassy, and open to Jefferson. The deep rear yard is enclosed with chain link fencing. The northern half of the rear yard is grassy, and the southern half is covered with pea gravel. There is a brick patio just west of the house. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a large non-historic 2-car garage with tan vinyl or metal horizontal siding, a gable roof with gray asphalt shingles and solar panels on the south-facing slope, a tan metal overhead garage door with a concrete drive to the alley, a solid wooden man-door facing south and small aluminum slider windows on the south and east sides. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: ca. 1965 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Auncey and John Venette Source of information: 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was probably built in the 1960s. Solar panels were added on the garage in 2009. The building appears to have been recently remodeled, but no record of recent building permits was found, nor was a Boulder County Assessor's card located. Windows and siding are of recent construction. 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 2