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Resource Number: 5BL11282
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508435009
<br />given). Boulder County property records show that this trade took place in 1924. The Commercial Hotel, which was
<br />located on the southeast corner of Pine and La Farge, could have been the "boardinghouse" where Eliza Leslie was
<br />shown as working in the 1920 federal census. Eliza Leslie became the owner and operator of the Commercial Hotel,
<br />and Dan and Laura Williams (who had been living at the Commercial Hotel themselves) became the owners and
<br />residents of 609 and 617 La Farge. Eliza Leslie died one year later, in 1925.
<br />According to the 1978 Louisville Times Centennial Edition, "Daniel Williams and Laura Roush were married in 1881
<br />and came to Louisville from Coalton, Ohio, in 1906. Mr. Williams was a miner and together they operated the
<br />Commercial Hotel on Pine St." from 1910 to 1924. Not all of their twelve children survived infancy, but among them
<br />were four daughters, Bessie, Gale, Garnet, and Margaret. Bessie died in 1926, but Gale married and became Gale
<br />Johnson; Garnet became Garnet Poydock; and Margaret became Margaret Hodgson.
<br />The 1926 directory for Louisville shows Dan and Laura Williams as living at 120 La Farge, and again, this is believed
<br />to refer to 617 La Farge. In 1928, they are stated to be living at "46" La Farge, which is an address number that does
<br />not fall within Louisville's normal address system from that time period. In 1930, they are at 112 La Farge, and in
<br />1932, 1935, and 1936, they are at 116 La Farge. As explained below, the addresses of 112 and 116 are believed to
<br />refer to 609 La Farge. It appears that between 1926 and 1930, they moved from their larger house at 617 La Farge
<br />to their smaller house at 609 La Farge.
<br />The 1930 federal census records shed some light on who lived where. For 1930, Dan and Laura Williams are shown
<br />as living on La Farge, and George and Garnet Poydock and their son, Carl, are the next listing. Based on where
<br />other people on the list lived, it appears that Dan and Laura Williams were living at 609 La Farge, and their daughter
<br />Garnet Williams Poydock was living with her husband and son next door at 617 La Farge. The 1930 directory for
<br />Louisville confirms this placement of family members in the two houses. Dan and Laura Williams are living at 112 La
<br />Farge (presumably today's 609), while George and "Garrett" "Pydock" are living with their son Carl at 120 La Farge.
<br />In 1932, 1935, and 1936, Dan and Laura Williams are stated to be living at 116 La Farge (likely the same as 1930's
<br />112 La Farge), and their daughter, Garnet Poydock, is at 120 La Farge. In 1940, no address on La Farge is given for
<br />Dan and Laura Williams, but Garnet Poydock and her family are still at 120 La Farge (an old address being given
<br />despite the fact that Louisville's address system changed in the late 1930s).
<br />According to the 1943 directory, George and Garnet "Pydock" are living in 1943 at "603" La Farge, but this may be a
<br />slight deviation from the new address system that had just recently been adopted in the late 1930s. (There is no
<br />listing for Dan and Laura Williams.)
<br />According to records of the Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Dan Williams died in 1941 and Laura in 1947. In
<br />1948, the properties at 609 La Farge and 617 La Farge were part of Laura Williams' estate and passed to her
<br />surviving children, Gale Johnson, Margaret Hodgson, and Garnet Poydock. Following legal transactions in which
<br />some of the sisters signed over their ownership interests, the end result was that Margaret Hodgson became the
<br />owner of 609 La Farge (Lot 9 only, unlike the legal description today) and Garnet Poydock became the owner of 617
<br />La Farge (both Lots 7 and 8, unlike the legal description today).
<br />It is believed that Margaret Hodgson rented out 609 La Farge while she was the owner, as she continued to live with
<br />her husband, Francis, and children at 945 McKinley in Louisville. One long term renter was Lillie McKee, widow of
<br />William McKee. She is shown as living at 609 La Farge in directories for 1951, 1952-53, 1953, 1956, 1958, and 1960.
<br />In 1966, Mrs. Grace Guffey is instead shown as living at 609 La Farge.
<br />Margaret Hodgson lived from 1899 to 1992. In 1972, she conveyed the property at 609 La Farge to Allan and Rachel
<br />Farber and it left the Williams family after a period of 48 years. Records also indicate that in 1972, her sister Garnet
<br />Poydock, who owned 617 La Farge, conveyed the south half of Lot 8 to the new owners of 609 La Farge, Allan and
<br />Rachel Farber. Since then, 609 La Farge has consisted of a lot and a half instead of one lot. Other owners in more
<br />recent years were J. Slade Dingman, Pamela Dingman/Sindorf, Alice Defter, James Valiance, Charles Pancoast,
<br />Susan McEachern, and the current owners, Amy Robertson and Michael Bolton.
<br />36. Sources of information:
<br />Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
<br />in Boulder, Colorado.
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