617 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11291 Temporary Resource Number: 157508434003 18. Roof configuration: Cross gable roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt 20. Special features: Fence, porch, carport 21. General architectural description: 617 Jefferson is a one-story wood framed building with an attached carport the full length of the north side, a storage shed attached to the house at the northwest corner, and an apparent addition at the west end. The primary façade faces east to Jefferson Avenue. The foundation is concrete, but it is not visible. It appears that the roof was constructed originally as a cross-gable, now presenting as a more complex configuration due to later additions. Roofing consists of gray/light red asphalt shingle. Eaves are boxed. Exterior walls are clad with white horizontal metal lap-profile siding. Gable siding is wood board and batten, painted pink. The main entrance is at the recessed southeast corner, on the left (south) half of the front façade, covered by a wide, white metal awning with closed sides and pink scallops at the bottom of the fascia. The entrance awning rests on two white wrought iron posts. The porch floor is carpeted plywood decking over red bricks. The entrance has a natural finish wood door with three upper lights and a black steel security door. The east façade has two large aluminum "picture" windows. The northern one is sheltered by a similar white metal awning with closed sides and pink scallops at the fascia. The rest of the windows on the house are wood sash double hung windows with white aluminum storm/screen sash. The west side has a small window in the gable. There is a concrete patio on the south and west sides, covered by a white standing seam metal shed/hip roof on white wrought iron posts. The patio roof is attached to the house. Along the north side of the house there is a concrete drive covered by a shed-roofed carport. The carport roof is supported by square posts and roofing is asphalt roll roofing. At the northwest corner, an old storage building is attached to the house. It has a low- slope shed roof with asphalt roll roofing, white lap siding, closed-up windows on the north, east and west sides, and a south door to the patio. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other style: cross gable residence 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. 617 Jefferson Avenue is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. It is located on a relatively large mid-block lot. To its north is one of the narrow east-west alleys that were in the original Jefferson Place plat. These have been abandoned and the property deeded to adjacent property owners. The front yard is shallow and grassy with a large tree, and open to the street. Adjacent to the north end of the façade there is a red brick planter wall. North of the house is a wide concrete driveway that opens to Jefferson and continues under the long car port. On the south side of the house is a concrete sidewalk leading to the back yard. The back yard is grassy and enclosed with wire fencing. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a gray metal shed with a brown metal low gable roof in the northwest corner of the back yard. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: ca. 1905 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County 2