820 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11303 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414006 Source of information: Boulder County property deed 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Felix Tesone Source of information: Boulder County property deed 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was constructed in 1904 or 1905. At some time after 1948, probably in 1974, the front porch was partially enclosed, windows were replaced with aluminum windows in modified openings, and porch columns were replaced with wrought iron scrollwork. In 1974, the original wood siding was replaced with wood siding. The garage was constructed in 1987. 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 35. Historical background: This building is part of Jefferson Place, the first residential subdivision in Louisville. The property at 820 Jefferson was associated with two Italian families, the Tesone family and the Damelia family. The Damelias owned the house for at least 63 years and had significant business interests in Louisville. The first owner of the property, after developer Charles Welch, was Harper Orahood. In 1898, Charles Welch conveyed twenty-nine different lots in Jefferson Place to a Denver lawyer, Harper Orahood, apparently for Orahood to resell. The lots for this parcel were among these properties. Orahood conveyed the lots comprising 820 Jefferson to Mike Lombardi in 1904. Lombardi then conveyed 820 Jefferson to Felix "Tassona" by a deed that was recorded in 1905. Felix Tesone, whose surname is also given in the records as "Tassona," "Tasone," and "Tassone," lived at 820 Jefferson with his family for several years. The County gives 1900 as an estimated date of construction for this house, but it may have been constructed a few years later. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to historic buildings in Louisville. It is possible that Mike Lombardi had the building constructed in 1904 after purchasing the property from Orahood, or Felix Tesone could have had the building constructed in 1905. The property in question is outside of the boundaries of the Sanborn Maps that were done for Louisville in 1893, 1900, and 1908 (they focused on the downtown business district and La Farge Avenue only). The house at 820 Jefferson does appear on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville and on the Methodist 3