725 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11299 Temporary Resource Number: 157508427003 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt 20. Special features: Porch, garage 21. General architectural description: 725 Jefferson is a wood -frame, one-story residence, generally rectangular in plan, with its primary elevation facing east to Jefferson Avenue. The exterior is clad with horizontal metal siding, light green in color, with white trim. The roof is a cross gable with gray/green asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. It appears that the house was originally a small side -gabled rectangular plan with a front -gabled porch on the south end of the facade. At least two rear additions have elongated the house to the west and resulted in a higher roof ridge that is visible from the front. The front porch has since been enclosed with large fixed windows on three sides, and a metal door with an upper screen. Inside the porch are visible a white wood panel entrance door with 3/3 upper lights. Windows on the house are a combination of non -historic aluminum sliders, and historic divided light wood double -hung windows painted white. Some of these are 4/4 and some are 2/2. The west additions have gable roofs, with the westernmost addition utilizing a low -slope gable. At the far end of the house there is a low -slope shed roof over a patio. 22. Architectural style/building type: No style 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Jefferson Place Subdivision is a historic residential neighborhood adjacent to downtown Louisville. The subdivision is laid out on a standard urban grid of narrow, deep lots with rear alleys. Houses are built to a fairly consistent setback line along the streets with small front lawns, deep rear yards and mature landscaping. Small, carefully maintained single-family residences predominate. Most of the houses are wood framed, one or one and one-half stories in height, featuring white or light-colored horizontal wood or steel siding, gabled or hipped asphalt shingled roofs and front porches. While many of the houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been preserved. 725 Jefferson Avenue is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. Consisting of a single mid -block lot, the property is narrow and deep. There is a small front yard with a lawn, one concrete walk leading to the front door and one along the south side of the house leading to the back yard. Along the front City sidewalk, there is a concrete curb/retaining wall running continuously along this property and its neighbor to the south, 721 Jefferson (5BL11297). The back yard of 725 Jefferson grassy and enclosed with a chain link fence to the south and wood fencing to the north. A large garage takes up much of the yard. Between the garage and the alley there is a small concrete slab. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a large 2-car garage at the alley with a gable roof, gray/green asphalt shingle roofing, green metal siding with white trim, and a green metal panel overhead garage door facing west. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1905 Source of information: Boulder County property records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Pasquale Romano (assumed to be first owner of the property when the house was built) Source of information: Boulder County property deed 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was constructed by 1905. A 20x22 addition to the west side was built in 1966. At an unknown date between 1948 and 1976, the original wood siding was replaced with asbestos siding; a good guess is that this occurred in 1966, coinciding with the addition construction. After 1976, the front porch was enclosed and a brick chimney removed. The covered patio was constructed in 1978. The garage was built in 1993. After 1976, the asbestos siding on the house was replaced with the current metal siding. Since the house siding matches the garage siding, a good guess is that this occurred in 1993. 2