732 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11300 Temporary Resource Number: 157508427002 20. Special features: Porch, garage, fence, chimney 21. General architectural description: 733 Jefferson is a one-story wood -framed house with a cross gable roof. The exterior is clad with light gray horizontal steel siding. The roofing is brown/gray asphalt shingles and there is an interior red brick chimney. Other than the front porch, windows are historic paired single hung wood sash, some 6/1 divided light. The front facade has a full -width, front -facing gable enclosed porch with a centered entrance door flanked by two pairs of screened openings. Inside the porch, historic horizontal wood drop siding, a brown wood door with three lights, and single -hung windows are visible. The eastern wing is front - gabled and appears to be an early addition. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other style: Wood frame cross gable 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. 733 Jefferson Avenue is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. Located on a narrow, mid -block lot, the front yard is shallow and open to the street, with a lawn and a large tree. There is a concrete walk to the front entrance, as well as a concrete and brick walk along the south side of the house leading to the back yard. The back yard has a lawn and two small trees and is enclosed by cedar fencing. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a single -car garage with horizontal composition siding, front gable roof with gray asphalt shingles, an overhead door and aluminum slider windows. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1900 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: Frank Senechal and Josephine Senechal Source of information: Boulder County property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was built around 1900. The rear (east) wing appears to be an early addition, predating 1948. In 1974, the front porch was enclosed with windows. In 1977 new siding was installed on the rear of the house. The garage was built in 1990. In 2008, 2 windows were replaced on enclosed porch. The siding has been replaced with steel siding, but the date of this modification could not be found. 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 2