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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />June 2012 <br />ILZ Cityof <br />Louisville <br />COLORAnO • SINCE 187E <br />841 Garfield Ave. History <br />Legal Description: Lots 1 & 2, Block 5, Louisville Heights subdivision <br />Year of Construction: 1907 <br />Summary: This home was associated with the Jordan family for over thirty years and <br />the Brown/Davis/Stevens family for over fifty-five years. <br />Development of the Louisville Heights Subdivision; Date of Construction <br />The Louisville Heights Addition in which this house sits was first developed in 1904 by <br />the Colorado Mortgage and Investment Co. Ltd. <br />The Boulder County Assessor card for this property gives 1907 as the year of <br />construction. Although the County has been found to be in error with respect to the <br />dates of construction of some historic buildings in Louisville, this date appears to be <br />accurate. First, Emory Fisher acquired this property from the developers in 1907. Also, <br />property records filed with the County show that Emery and Barbara Fisher granted a <br />deed of trust (which was like a mortgage) to McAllister Lumber in 1907, secured by this <br />property. Last, the house does appear on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, so it <br />was built by 1909. For the foregoing reasons, the estimated date of construction is 1907. <br />Fisher Family Ownership, 1907-circa 1918 <br />Emery, or "Emory," Fisher purchased this property from the subdivision developers in <br />1907. The Fisher family appears in the 1910 census records in Louisville (but the exact <br />location of their home is unclear from these records; however, presumably it was at 841 <br />Garfield). <br />Emery Fisher, born in Iowa in about 1872, was working as a foreman at a mine at the <br />time of the 1910 census. Barbara Bammer Fisher was born in Louisville in 1883. Their <br />