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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado February 2017 LCity0r Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 515 Jefferson Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 13 & 14, Block 3, Acme Place Addition Year of Construction: original date of construction unknown; date of house being moved to current location was 1946 or 1947 (see discussion below) Summary: William and Eleanor Brimble had the house at 515 Jefferson moved in from a coal mine camp in 1946 or 1947. It was then the Brimble family home for over fifty years. History of the House as Being Relocated; Discussion of Date of Construction According to members of the Brimble family, who owned 515 Jefferson for several decades, the house at 515 Jefferson was moved in from a coal mine camp. (Some local mines, such as the Monarch Mine, were in the process of closing in the mid -to -late 1940s, and some had mine camps with small houses that mine owners rented to miners.) The original date of construction of the house is not known. It is believed to have been moved to 515 Jefferson in 1946 or 1947. Owners William and Eleanor Brimble were living in the house by April 1947, according to one of their children who was born that month. The County Assessor card that was completed for 515 Jefferson in 1948 confirms that the house was "moved in." Boulder County's online records give 1948 as the house's date of construction. However, the County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the date of construction of houses in the area, so other evidence is looked to. In this case, the date offered by the County contradicts the information, including information on the County Assessor card itself, that the house was constructed elsewhere and was moved in. It is not unusual for the County to give a relocation date as the date of construction (although the fact that the lots were purchased in 1946 and that the family states that it was the family residence by early 1947 would indicate that the house was on the site by early 1947, not relocated in 1948). The County designating 1948 as the date of construction was likely done more for tax assessment purposes than with the purpose of ascertaining the actual date of construction. 1