933 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11311 Temporary Resource Number: 157508406002 20. Special features: Porch, fence 21. General architectural description: The house is a simple one-story residence of wood frame construction with a concrete foundation. Its primary facade faces east to Jefferson Avenue. The roof is a front gable covered with tan asphalt shingles. The western portion of the house has an offset gable ridge. Eaves are boxed. There is a large metal roof vent above the southeast corner of the house, presumably serving an interior wood stove or fireplace. The exterior of the house is clad with horizontal white siding, with tan siding on the gables. The entrance is at the southeast corner, where an inset, covered porch is set four steps above the sidewalk. The steps are concrete and wrap around the porch with radiused corners. The front door faces south. Its material is clear finished wood with three small vertical lights, and a storm door. Typical windows on the house are single hung aluminum with tan painted wood trim and decorative shutters painted black. The south end of the front facade features a "picture" window flanked by small single hung windows and sheltered by a wood -framed awning on metal scrollwork struts. 22. Architectural style/building type: Ranch 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. Although 933 Jefferson Avenue was built in the 1950s in a more contemporary style, it is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale of the neighborhood. The property has a small front lawn with a large tree. A concrete walk leads to four steps up to the front entrance porch at the southeast corner of the house. There are low shrubs and a tall, red Roman brick planter along the front of the house. Along the south side, there is a split concrete drive leading to a detached garage in the southwest corner of the property. The north side yard is narrow and grassy, with chain link fencing along the north property line. The back yard has a lawn, small shrubs and a brick patio. There is a tall cedar privacy fence along the alley. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: The garage has a gable roof with tan asphalt shingles and exposed rafter tails. The exterior is clad with horizontal simple drop wood siding painted white except for the gables, which are painted tan. The overhead garage door is wooden with 8 panels and two lights. It opens east to the driveway. There is a fixed wood sash window facing west at the alley. Attached to the north side of the garage is a shed awning on wood posts, with a brown -painted wood fascia. This covers a patio that is screened from the alley by fiberglass and painted vertical wood siding. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1952 Source of information: Boulder County property records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Thomas Cable Source of information: Boulder County property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house and garage were constructed in 1952. At an unknown date, an original window east of the front door was filled in and a large metal roof vent pipe was installed above that location. The covered patio was added in 1967. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): 2