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Resource Number: 5BL 11303 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414005 European immigrant families flocked to Colorado coal mining communities, including Louisville, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. Louisville's Welch Coal Mine, along with other mines in the area, recruited skilled workers from western Europe. In the early years before 1900, most of the miners who lived in Jefferson Place came from English-speaking countries. Immigrants from England brought a strong tradition and expertise in coal mining. The English are widely credited with developing the techniques of coal mining that were used locally, and they taught these techniques to other miners. The British mining culture was instilled in the early Colorado coal mines. English immigrants also brought expertise in other necessary skills such as blacksmithing and chain forging. Later Jefferson Place residents arrived from Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia, among other places. The Italians eventually became the largest single ethnic group in Jefferson Place and in Louisville as a whole. About one-third of the houses in Jefferson Place were owned and occupied by Italian immigrants. Italian immigrants left their mark on Louisville in the food and beverage industries. To the present day, downtown Louisville is known throughout the Front Range for its tradition of Italian restaurants. The impacts of the heritage and customs of the other European ethnic groups could be significant, but are not well documented and need further investigation. If there is National Register district potential, is this building: Contributing X Noncontributing The main house is a contributing structure. The garage/secondary residence is noncontributing. 46. If the building is in existing National Register district, is it: Contributing _ Noncontributing The property is not within an existing National Register district. VIII. RECORDING INFORMATION 47. Photograph numbers: 5BL11303_820Jefferson_01 through 5BL11303_820Jefferson_04. Digital images filed at: City of Louisville, Planning Department 48. Report title: Historical and Architectural Survey of Jefferson Place Subdivision, Louisville, Colorado 49. Date(s): 2013 50. Recorder(s): Kathy and Leonard Lingo, Avenue L Architects, and Bridget Bacon, City of Louisville 51. Organization: Avenue L Architects 52. Address: 3457 Ringsby Court Suite 317, Denver, CO 80216 53. Phone number(s): (303) 290-9930 NOTE: Please include a sketch map, a photocopy of the USGS quad map indicating resource location, and photographs. Colorado Historical Society - Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-3395 8