828 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11304 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414003 20. Special features: Fence, porch, attached garage, glass block window 21. General architectural description: 828 Jefferson is a one-story, wood framed house, generally rectangular in plan, with its primary facade facing west to Jefferson Avenue. The exterior is clad with horizontal composition siding painted light gray/green, with wood trim painted dark gray. The foundation is concrete. The roof is front gabled, covered with light gray asphalt shingles. Eaves are boxed. There is a small gable -roofed projecting bay centered on the front facade. The south half of the front facade features a recessed porch with the roof supported on clear -finished wood 4x4 posts. The porch has a concrete floor, no steps, and a clear -finished wood railing. The front door is clear -finished wood with decorative glass and a full -height glass white storm door. Adjacent to the front door is a small glass block window. Windows throughout the rest of the house are bronze anodized aluminum sash with dark gray decorative shutters. On the west side of the house there is an attached garage with a gable roof, the same roofing and siding as the rest of the house, and a large paneled overhead garage door facing east to the alley. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other 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. 828 Jefferson Avenue was built in 1998 and is markedly different from the historic houses in the area. It is set further back from the street, presenting a deeper front yard than the historic homes. Although it is a one-story house, it is larger and more massive in appearance than others in the subdivision. The relatively deep front yard has a lawn and no fence, with a concrete walk to the front door. This lot is a few feet higher than the adjacent property to the south (820 Jefferson 5BL11303). The south end of the front yard slopes down prominently towards the south, where it terminates against a textured concrete masonry retaining wall. A planted area adjacent to the front porch on the southern half of the facade has a wooden railroad tie retaining wall. Against the northern portion of the front facade there is a planter with a serpentine wall built of textured concrete masonry. The north side of the house has a gravel ground surface and railroad ties along the north property line. The back yard is enclosed with a tall white vinyl privacy fence and most of it is not visible. It appears to contain some large trees and a wooden pergola shade structure south of the garage. From the alley on the east, a large concrete driveway slopes up to the garage. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: No associated buildings. The garage is attached. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1998 Source of information: Louisville Building Permit files 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Summit Homes & Realty, Boulder, CO Source of information: Louisville Building Permit files 28. Original owner: First owner of the original house on this lot: Carlo Lolli. First owners of current house on this lot: William and Paula Elrod. Source of information: Boulder County property files, and Louisville Building Permit files 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The original house on the property was constructed in ca. 1905 and demolished in 1998. The current house was built in 1998 and does not appear to have been modified since it was built. 2