841 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11307 Temporary Resource Number: 157508484001 David Carlton died in 1892. His father, Thomas Carlton, who by all accounts was the major force behind the founding of the Methodist Church, died in 1892; his mother, Jane McLean Carlton, died in 1891. Jane and David Carlton had at least six daughters: Ann (Knowles), Jane, or Jennie (Marriott), Sarah Isabella (Williams), Mary (Dutton), Margaret, and Mabel (Stoiber). In another connection with other Jefferson Place properties, Mabel Carlton married John Stoiber Jr. of 733 Jefferson (5BL11301) and they lived for a time at 700 Spruce (5BL11318) in Jefferson Place. Census records and directories for Louisville show that Jane Carlton lived at 841 Jefferson for several decades with her unmarried daughter, Margaret Carlton (1878-1941). The 1904 directory, which is the first directory for Louisville that gives residential locations, shows Jane Carlton and Margaret Carlton to be living in this location, described as "Walnut and Jefferson." The directories show that the residency of Jane and Margaret Carlton at 841 Jefferson continued almost without exception until 1940. Margaret died in 1941 and her mother, Jane, died in 1942. Census records for Jane Carlton could not be located for 1900 or 1910, for unknown reasons. The 1920 census records show that also living with Jane Carlton at this location at that particular time were her daughter Mary Dutton, Mary's husband Harvey Dutton, and four children. Harvey Dutton worked as a miner. At the time of the 1930 census, Jane Carlton and her daughter Margaret were living by themselves at 841 Jefferson. Directories show that in at least 1932 and 1933, this mother and daughter had a dry goods and notions business in the 800 block of Main Street. The business was known as "Carlton & Carlton." Records show that Jane Carlton was a charter member of the Methodist Church and played a significant role in the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church. In the following 1925 photo of the Ladies Aid Society, the woman seated on the farthest right is Jane Carlton, owner of 841 Jefferson. The County gives 1905 as an estimated date of construction for the original house at 841 Jefferson, but the house is believed to have been constructed earlier. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the dates of construction of historic buildings in Louisville. Jane Carlton purchased the property in the early 1890s and declared a homestead at the property with this legal description in 1896. She is also shown as living here in 1904, according to the Louisville residential directory for that year. The house at 841 Jefferson appears in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville and on the Methodist Church Map of Louisville that was made in circa 1923-25. The house was extensively remodeled in 1959. The County now gives 1959 as the year of construction of the current structure, but Assessor photos suggest that it was an extensive remodel and expansion of the original structure. The assessor card notes that material from the original house was used in the remodel. 4