721 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11297 Temporary Resource Number: 157508427004 The original portion of the house was built by 1905. After 1951, additions to the south and west were constructed, a brick chimney was removed, and siding was replaced. The south patio and patio roof were added in 1973. 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 721 Jefferson was owned by the DeSailly family for over forty-five years beginning in the 1940s. Prior to that, it is believed to have been a rental for some time. There were originally houses on both Lot 6 and Lot 7. Today, only the house on Lot 7 survives. Lot 6 and Lot 7 were not originally part of the same parcel. In 1889, Samuel Page (sometimes stated as "Paige") acquired Lot 7 from Charles Welch, the developer of Jefferson Place. Samuel Page was living in Louisville with his father at the time of the 1880 federal census when he was 19. Then he and his wife, Edith, and their daughter, Caroline, are shown in the 1885 Colorado state census records as living in Louisville. Samuel was born in New York in 1861 and Edith was born in England in 1866. Caroline, or Carrie, was born in 1884 in Louisville. Samuel Page is listed in different sources as having worked as both a miner and a mine blacksmith, an occupation that he learned from his father. In 1892, Samuel Page conveyed Lot 7 to Edith Page, his wife. She died in 1894. By a deed recorded in 1906, Edith Page's heirs (who were her husband and daughter) conveyed Lot 7 to Pasquale Romano (a name sometimes stated to be "Romans"). Meanwhile, Pasquale Romano acquired Lot 6 from Charles Welch, the developer of the Jefferson Place subdivision, by a deed that was also recorded in 1906. It was through Romano's purchases that the two lots were combined, but each lot still had a house on it. Pasquale Romano already owned 725 Jefferson (5BL11299) on Lot 8. The County gives 1905 as an estimated date of construction for this house. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to historic buildings in Louisville. In this case, there is no indication either way of whether the house was actually constructed in 1905. It should be considered that there could have been a house on Lot 7 (which is the current location of 721 Jefferson) in 1885. This is because at the time of the 1885 Colorado state census, Samuel and Edith Page and their young child were living in this vicinity and did not own other real property in Louisville. The property in question is outside of the boundaries of the Sanborn Maps that were done for Louisville in 1893, 1900, and 1908 (they focused on the downtown business district and La Farge Avenue only). The house at 721 Jefferson does appear in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville and on the Methodist Church Map of Louisville that was made in circa 1923-25. These maps also show a house next door to the south on the property that is now gone. It is believed that this other house was demolished after 1935 (a year in which the house on Lot 6 appears to have had the address of 224 Jefferson with the Solano family living there), but solid evidence of when this happened could not be found. In 1906, Pasquale Romano sold Lots 6 and 7 to Mary Cummings. She owned the property until 1938. Directories do not list her as a resident of a house on either Lot 6 or Lot 7 during her ownership. Records show that Mary 3