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Resource Number: 5BL 11294
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508492001(701 Jefferson)
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508492001 (705 Jefferson)
<br />children. In 1902, she married Otto Todd, who was born in Wisconsin in 1875 and had served in the Spanish-
<br />American War in the Philippines in 1898-99. He would be one of the only Louisville residents to have served in that
<br />war.
<br />In 1908, Otto and Jane Todd purchased the building that would become the Rex Theatre at 817 Main Street. Otto
<br />Todd is believed to have initially operated a billiard hall at this location. By the time of the 1910 census, however, he
<br />was listed as the operator of a moving picture theater, and by 1911, according to a Louisville directory, he was the
<br />proprietor of the Isis Theatre, a name that predated the Rex. Thus, it was Otto Todd who began using the building as
<br />a movie theatre. This usage of the building as a movie theatre would continue until 1977. Otto and Jane Todd owned
<br />and operated the Isis Theatre until 1918 and Otto became an insurance agent. He died in 1929 after suffering what
<br />appeared to be a stroke while driving.
<br />During their married life together, Jane and Otto Todd lived at what is today's 705 Jefferson, which was owned by her
<br />family. In 1936, as a widow, she purchased 624 Pine, located close by. She was active in the Louisville community.
<br />Her 1965 obituary states that she was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Louisville, Spanish American
<br />War Auxiliary, Boulder Elks Widows Club, Baptist mission circle, Louisville Garden Club, and the Past Presidents
<br />Parley of the Legion Auxiliary.
<br />Thomas and Janette Beveridge lived at 701 Jefferson, next to Janette's mother, Jane Ferguson.
<br />Thomas Beveridge, born in Scotland in about 1854, immigrated in about 1875 and was in Louisville and married to
<br />Janette Ferguson by the time of the 1885 Colorado state census. Janette's obituary states that they were married in
<br />Illinois in 1882. Thomas worked as a coal miner. His brother, James Beveridge, also settled in Louisville. Janette
<br />Beveridge is believed to have been born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1860. She immigrated with her parents (James
<br />and Jane Ferguson) as a young girl in about 1870.
<br />The children of Thomas and Janette Beveridge, who would have grown up at 701 Jefferson, were Jane (Todd)
<br />(1884-1965), Joan (Bailey, Jones) (1886-1969), Agnes (Jones) (1888-1972), Thomas (1890-1958), and Janette
<br />Telford (Prior) (1899-1990).
<br />The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census records all show members of the Beveridge family living at the location of
<br />701 Jefferson.
<br />Property records show that following the death of Jane Ferguson in 1911, her heirs conveyed their interests in her
<br />property to Thomas Beveridge Sr., her son-in-law. Thus, the lots that had been co -owned by the Ferguson and
<br />Beveridge families since around 1891 appear to have become solely owned by Thomas Beveridge Sr.
<br />Thomas Beveridge Sr. died in 1928, and Janette Ferguson Beveridge died in 1939. 701 Jefferson and 705 Jefferson
<br />were passed on to their children. Louisville directories show that siblings Thomas Beveridge Jr. and Agnes Beveridge
<br />Jones (then widowed) resided at 701 and 705 Jefferson in the 1940s and 1950s. Their address was given in
<br />directories as being 701 Jefferson, but it seems logical that one of them may have resided in the other house on the
<br />property, 705 Jefferson. Thus, in the 1940s and 1950s, there were four out of five Beveridge siblings living very close
<br />to one another in Jefferson Place: Thomas Beveridge Jr. and Agnes Beveridge Jones at 701/705 Jefferson, Jane
<br />Beveridge Todd at 624 Pine, and Joan Beveridge Bailey Jones at 720 Jefferson.
<br />Thomas Jr. died in 1958, and Agnes is believed to have continued to reside at either 701 Jefferson or 705 Jefferson
<br />until the early 1960s. The property at 701 Jefferson and 705 Jefferson finally passed out of the Ferguson/Beveridge
<br />family in 1966.
<br />Boulder County gives both 1900 and 1905 as possible years of construction for 701 Jefferson, and 1905 for the year
<br />of construction for 705 Jefferson. The dates given by Boulder County have sometimes been found to be in error with
<br />respect to historic buildings in Louisville. In this situation, the fact that the Ferguson and Beveridge families owned
<br />the property no later than 1891 and that there were already several children in the Beveridge family would suggest
<br />that the houses were constructed earlier than 1900. 705 Jefferson was almost certainly constructed before 1905, as
<br />Jane Ferguson is shown as residing in this location in 1900 (census) and 1904 (directory). It is not known whether
<br />any part of the first house that was apparently located at the site of 701 Jefferson, which was owned by James H.
<br />Fishback in 1880-81, remains in the current house.
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