833 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11305 Temporary Resource Number: 157508413002 20. Special features: Porch, chimney, fence 21. General architectural description: 833 Jefferson is a one-story, wood framed house, L-shaped in plan, with its primary facade facing east to Jefferson Avenue. The foundation is concrete. The exterior is clad with horizontal composition siding painted yellow. The roof is a cross gable covered with red -brown asphalt shingles. Eaves are boxed. There is a parged brick chimney exposed on the center of the south wall. The front entrance faces north to a recessed porch at the north half of the front facade. The porch roof is supported on two turned wood posts. The porch has wood board flooring and two painted concrete steps leading to the concrete sidewalk. The entrance door is non -historic with a 6-light glass panel and a white aluminum security door. There is a large non -historic "picture window" at the south end of the east facade. A pair of single -hung wood sash windows facing the front porch could be historic. Dense vegetation conceals the north elevation from view. Privacy fencing conceals the west and south elevations from view. 22. Architectural style/building type: Gabled ell 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. 833 Jefferson Avenue is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. The house faces east to Jefferson Avenue. Memorial Park is to the south, separated from this property by a cedar privacy fence. The front yard is grassy and open to the street, with some planted shrubs and a concrete walk to the front porch. There are brick pavers between the City sidewalk and the curb along Jefferson. To the north and south are narrow grassy side yards. The west end of the property abuts a public alley that dead -ends at Memorial Park. 833 Jefferson has a garage opening onto that alley. The entire back yard is enclosed with a cedar privacy fence and was not observed. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a shed/garage at the west end of the lot constructed of painted concrete masonry with a gable roof covered with red/brown asphalt shingles. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1895 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County deed of trust 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Fred Marriott Source of information: Boulder County property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was probably built in 1895. Since 1950, the wood shingle roofing has been replaced with asphalt shingles, the original wood siding has been replaced with composition siding, some windows have been replaced and an enlarged "picture" window added on the south end of the front facade. The dates of these modifications are unknown. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 2