721 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11297 Temporary Resource Number: 157508427004 Cummings was born in about 1856 in Ireland, and that she lived on Main Street in Louisville. It is believed that she rented out the house. Unfortunately, there were shifting addresses along this side of the 700 block of Jefferson, which makes it difficult to trace who lived in which house. However, a possible resident of 721 Jefferson in 1916 was Emilio D'Agostino, when the address appears to have been 210 Jefferson. In 1935, possible residents were Ygnacio Sisco (Cisco) and his son, Ben, with their relatives by the last name of Solano living in the house on Lot 6. The address for 721 Jefferson at that time appears to have been 226 Jefferson. These possible residents of 721 Jefferson have not been verified. In 1938, Jules and Irma Duhamel purchased 721 Jefferson. They owned it for five years until 1943. They were already living on Jefferson in 1936, possibly at 721 Jefferson. Directories for 1940 and 1943 show them as living in this location. Jules Duhamel worked at the Hi -Way Mine. Beside Jules and Irma, other members of the family who lived with them were Emil and Jules Jr. No other information about the family could be located. In 1943, they sold 721 Jefferson to Georgeos Lukakies (1892-1966), who owned it for four years. Lukakies was also an owner of 725 Jefferson next door. His wife was Gregarita Lukakies. In 1947, Victor and Marie DeSailly purchased 721 Jefferson and it would be in their family for 46 years. Victor DeSailly lived 1909-1967 and Marie DeSailly lived 1910-1991. Marie was born in Illinois as the daughter of Jeremy and Marie Coet Lucas. She and Victor married in 1929 and came to Louisville in 1939. (A number of members of the Coet family came to Louisville from Illinois in the 1930s, and some settled in houses in Jefferson Place.) Victor DeSailly worked as a coal miner in the Louisville area. In the late 1950s, after area mines closed, he began to work as a construction worker. Louisville directories show Victor and Marie DeSailly as living at 721 Jefferson. Their daughter, Lorraine, graduated from Louisville High School in 1960. In 1993, the DeSaillys' daughter, Lorraine Johns, and Wilbur Johns sold 721 Jefferson to the current owner, Bruce Lee Morrison. The other addresses found for 721 Jefferson, under Louisville's old address system, were 210 Jefferson not verified) and 226 Jefferson (not verified). Under the new address system adopted in the late 1930s, an alternative address was 725 Jefferson (1940). 36. Sources of information: Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through http://recorder.bouldercounty.org. Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com (including the photos for this report). Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909.odist Church Parish Map of Louisville, Colorado, circa 1923-25. Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908. Louisville, Colorado cemetery records, accessed at http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/boulder/cemeteries/louisville.txt Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. VI. SIGNIFICANCE 4