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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado October 2016 ig cityof Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1034 La Farge Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 15 & 16, Block 1, Barclay Place Year of Construction: circa 1905 Summary: This house had a number of different owners over the years, including the Di Francia, Rosser, Jones, and Thompson families. The intriguing earlier history of this house is intertwined with the histories of other properties that the Italian saloon owner E.J. Di Francia purchased in the early 1900s. The family story is that he acquired houses to be his daughters' dowries and for them to live in, and the story is supported by the historical evidence. It appears that this house, owned by Di Francia and located across the street from Di Francia's home and three other houses that he owned, was one of these houses. Development of Barclay Place The Colorado Mortgage and Investment Co., Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain and doing business in Colorado, in 1897 platted the Barclay Place subdivision in which this property is located. Date of Construction The 1948 Boulder County Assessor card for this property and the Boulder County Assessor's Office website both give 1890 as the date of construction of this house. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the date of construction of Louisville buildings, so other evidence is looked to. The Boulder County Assessor card from 1948 appears to have been the origin of the "1890" construction date. The card indicates that the source of the information was the then -owners, George and Hylda Thompson. In this case, the 1890 date does not appear to be accurate. The plat for the Barclay Place subdivision was not recorded with Boulder County until 1897 and there is no evidence that any 1