841 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11307 Temporary Resource Number: 157508484001 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt 20. Special features: Fence 21. General architectural description: 841 Jefferson is a one-story house of brick and wood frame construction, irregularly shaped in plan, with its primary elevation facing east to Jefferson Avenue. The foundation is concrete. The exterior is faced with red brick with horizontal composition gable siding on the west and north sides, which date from a 1959 addition presenting a more contemporary ranch -like style. The east and south elevations have horizontal composition siding painted white, with red brick wainscot and horizontal composition siding painted red at the front entrance and on the gables. The roof is a cross gable with a curved catslide shape over the enclosed porch at the front entrance. Roofing consists of dark gray asphalt shingles. On the east side, the roof has a pronounced overhang and there is a decorative scalloped shape on the lower edge of the fascia. The north and west sides have a shallow roof overhang and simple, unadorned fascia trim. The entrance is located at the north end of the east facade. It has a small concrete stoop and three concrete steps. The entrance has a clear -finished wood panel door with an aluminum storm/screen door. South of the entrance, centered below the east gable roof, there is a prominent "picture" window with flanking single -hung windows, sheltered by a shed -roofed awning. Typical windows on the house are 2/2 single -hung wood sash, some set in pairs, with white aluminum storm windows. The garage is located at the southwest corner of the property. It is attached to the house by a roof structure. 22. Architectural style/building type: Mixed style: Minimal traditional, Ranch, Tudor Revival (as altered) 23. Landscaping or special setting features: This property was originally developed as part of Jefferson Place, although it has since been re -platted to a different subdivision, Mossoni Place. 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. 841 Jefferson Avenue is on a large corner lot and the house was extensively remodeled and expanded in 1959. Like many of the other corner properties in Jefferson Place, this is a larger land parcel. The house is set back further from both streets than many other properties in the area. The house has a long, rambling floor plan that is unusual for the neighborhood, although the main facade facing Jefferson Avenue does retain some of the scale and features (front gable with overhang, light-colored horizontal siding, one-story height) of other nearby houses. The north elevation, facing Walnut Street, presents an entirely different character with its dark brick wall material and long ranch -style profile. 841 Jefferson has generous grassy front lawns that are open to both Walnut and Jefferson. The north side of the house also has a grass lawn, open to the adjacent property except for a tall wooden privacy fence west of the garage. A broad concrete driveway leads from Jefferson Avenue to the garage at the west end of the lot. The grade slopes down to the south. Both front lawns have shrubs and raised planters: a round brick planter on the north lawn, a brick and lava rock planter on the east lawn, a brick planter adjacent to the house with a curved planter of pink stone at the south corner. There is a covered patio connecting the garage and house. From the Jefferson Avenue city walk, a curved concrete walk leads to three concrete steps and a concrete stoop at the front entrance. A branch from the curved walkway leads southwest to the driveway. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a red brick two -car garage at the southwest corner of the lot. A roof extension covers a patio between the house and garage. The garage has a gable roof with dark gray asphalt shingles, a white paneled overhead garage door facing east, a white pedestrian door and a white slider window facing north. The garage has a cupola roof vent topped with a weather vane. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: ca. 1896-1904 Actual: (1959, altered) Source of information: 1896 homestead declaration, 1904 Louisville directory 2