738 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL858 Temporary Resource Number: 157508426005 16. Number of stories: One 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood: horizontal siding 18. Roof configuration: Front gabled roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt composition roof 20. Special features: Porch, fence, chimney 21. General architectural description: 738 Jefferson is a one-story wood frame house, rectangular in plan, with its primary elevation facing west to Jefferson Avenue. The foundation is concrete. Exterior walls are clad with historic simple drop wood siding, painted light yellow with simple white trim. There is a nearly full -width front porch with a standing seam metal shed roof supported by four white painted wood posts. The porch has a wood picket railing painted white, a concrete stoop and one concrete step. The porch is not original to the house. The main house roof is a front gable covered with light gray asphalt shingles. Fascia, trim and bargeboard are white painted wood that is not original. There is a red brick chimney near the center of the house. The south side of the house has a small shed -roofed addition with wood drop siding that is similar but not identical to the siding on the original house. An eastern extension of the addition, presumably built somewhat later, appears to have asbestos siding painted yellow but this was not clearly visible enough to be confirmed. The front facade is a symmetrical composition with a central entrance flanked by two simple wood sash single hung windows painted white with white trim. The door is dark wood with two lights above two wood panels. The screen door is wood painted black with a single screened opening above and four screened openings below. The north side of the house has one non -historic aluminum slider window and one four -light further east that may be steel sash. The south side has a small wood sash single hung window set high on the wall at the west end of the building. The south side of the middle addition has one single wood window and the south side of the easternmost extension has one four -light wood window. The east elevation has asbestos siding with drop wood gable siding. This side has two exterior doors, one of which may be a basement door. The southern door is wood panel painted black, with a single glass light. The northern door is a white painted wood panel door with two glass lights, and a black wood -framed screen door. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other: Shotgun 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, there is a clear intent to preserve the historic character of the neighborhood. 738 Jefferson is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. It has a small unfenced grass lawn extending to the concrete City sidewalk on the west side and a narrow concrete walk to the front porch. Narrow side yards are planted with grass and small, cultivated flower and vegetable gardens. Unpainted wood picket fences define the west side of the rear yard. The rear yard contains additional gardens. An outbuilding extends to the asphalt alley at the east end of the lot. A wire fence and gate separate the rear yard from the alley. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: At the east end of the lot there is a wood -framed outbuilding that was probably once a garage. With no overhead garage door, it is currently used for storage. The structure is rectangular in plan with its short dimension facing the alley. The south side has a shed lean-to addition sheathed with corrugated metal. The primary roof is front -gabled, with light gray asphalt shingle roofing, board sheathing and exposed rafter tails. Except for the lean-to, the building is sided with horizontal simple drop wood siding painted light yellow to match the house. The east side facing the alley has two 3/3 non -historic fixed 2