800 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

Home Browse Search

Resource Number: 5BL 11302 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414006 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The current building was built in 1958. The two-story north addition was built in 1977 by W.M. Kintzing Construction. Vinyl siding was installed over the concrete masonry exterior walls in 1998. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Health Care, Medical Business/Medical Office 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Commerce/Trade, Business/Professional 34. Site type(s): Urban commercial 35. Historical background: This building is located in Jefferson Place, the first residential subdivision in Louisville, but was built later, in 1958. A previous building on the site housed William Austin's store. That building was later used as the Apostolic Church. It is no longer extant. The Assessor card for this address shows that early on the building contained doctor and dentist offices. The owner when this building was constructed was Vector Inc. of Broomfield. One doctor who had his offices in the building, in at least 1959 and 1960, was Dr. Stanley Kerkhoff, who resided in Broomfield. The building was originally built to be one story, with the two-story northern wing built in 1977. In 1974, the property at 800 Jefferson was sold to members of the Crawford family. Between 1974 and 1998, names associated with the property were Richard Crawford, Margery Crawford, Mark Seymour Crawford, and Cameron Malcolm Crawford. For many of these years, 800 Jefferson was the site of the offices of Richard Crawford's firm Ponderosa Associates, consulting engineers specializing in forensic engineering. In 1988-89, Dr. Phillip Bammer, a chiropractor, became a tenant of the building. He had his offices in the building for over twenty years, until he passed away suddenly in August 2010. Dr. Bammer had grown up in Louisville as the son of Lemoine and Marie Bammer and the grandson of Peter and Ann Bammer who were associated with 937 La Farge (5BL11286) in the Jefferson Place subdivision of Louisville. Dr. Bammer graduated from Louisville High School in 1969. In 1998, Thomas and Chong Dickman purchased the building as a rental property. It is believed that Dr. Bammer continued to use the first floor of the building during this time. Another tenant is thought to have been an IT company. In 2004, Boudreau -Love Partnership purchased the building for its own engineering consulting business, Love & Associates. The business occupied the building from August 2004 through June 2009, according to Nancy Boudreau. They shared the space in the building with their tenant, Dr. Phillip Bammer. In 2011, Boudreau -Love Partnership sold 800 Jefferson to Brent Friesth. It is currently the location of his agency, Bolder Insurance. Another address found for 800 Jefferson, under Louisville's old address system, was 437 Spruce and, under Louisville's new address system, 701 Spruce. It was known as 701 Spruce even after the current building was constructed in 1958. 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. 3