617 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11291 Temporary Resource Number: 157508434003 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: George Poydock Sr. Source of information: Property deed 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The building was constructed by 1905, and possibly earlier. In 1948, it was a simple L-plan with a cross gable roof and wood siding, with an open porch at the southwest corner of the façade. In 1954, a 20'x22' addition was added to the rear, and by 1956, an attached garage was built on the northwest side of the house. Between 1977 and 1982, the attached carport was added along the north side of the house, the siding and some windows were replaced, porch roof replaced, and awnings installed on some of the windows. 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 property at 617 Jefferson has been owned by the same family, the Poydocks, for at least 108 years. It has a connected history with 617 La Farge (5BL7978) in Jefferson Place due to common ownership of both homes by the Poydock family. This parcel made up of three lots (Lots 6, 7, and 8, Block 8) did not start out being treated as one unified piece of property. It should be noted that the order in which the three deeds for the three lots were recorded were not necessarily in the same order as the dates that they were effective. The first of the three deeds to be recorded was for Lot 6 in the 1880s. The year of the transfer of the property to John Koll could not be located, but John Koll certainly owned Lot 6 in the 1880s. The deed showing that he sold it to Lyman E. Andrews and John S. Chambers was recorded in 1887. The Louisville Historical Museum has acquired some information about the Koll family (also referred to as "Kali") from the Golden History Museums. The Astor House historic building in Golden, Colorado, which is part of the Golden History Museums, has a 1972 newspaper article on exhibit about a woman, Josephine Koll Yoast, who was born in the Astor House in 1881. Yoast herself was interviewed for the article. She stated that after leaving Golden, she and her family then moved to Louisville in the early 1880s. Census records do support this story. The Kolls lived in Golden at the time of the 1880 census and in Louisville at the time of the 1885 census. John and Josephine Koll were of Austrian/German background and had at least three children in addition to their daughter Josephine. After John Koll conveyed Lot 6 to Andrews and Chambers (who operated a general merchandise store in downtown Louisville in the 1880s) in 1895, it was transferred to Jonathon Machin and then to Milson Phipps, also in 1895. Next, Jefferson Place developer Charles Welch sold Lot 7 to Milson Phipps. The deed for this transaction was recorded in 1897, but there is evidence that it was in effect by 1896. A deed of trust was given to McAllister Lumber, 3