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Resource Number: 5BL11284 Temporary Resource Number: 157508426001 17. Primary external wall material(s): Wood horizontal siding 18. Roof configuration: Cross gabled roof 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt roof 20. Special features: Fence, balcony 21. General architectural description: 745 LaFarge is a wood -framed house consisting of a one-story wing on the east end with a two-story 1990 addition to the west. It is rectangular in plan and situated on a corner lot. The primary facade faces north to Spruce Street, although the entrance originally faced east to LaFarge. The property still has the LaFarge address. The eastern one-story wing retains the structure and size of the original 1890s house, but it has been extensively modified. The foundation is masonry at the original wing and concrete at the two-story portion. Exterior walls are clad with horizontal composition siding, painted tan with white and coral trim. Gable siding consists of wood shingle siding painted coral. The coral shingle siding also features prominently on the east elevation where the original entrance was removed. The one-story wing has a cross -gable roof with gray asphalt shingles. The two-story wing is a simple gable. Non -historic decorative bargeboard trim has applied square and round wood medallions. All windows have been replaced with painted wood sash in a variety of slider, casement and awning styles. The east gable has a fixed trapezoidal window and fixed 8-sided window. There is a fixed octagonal window on the north elevation. The front entrance door is a non -historic 24-panel wood with a dark finish, with a dark brown aluminum storm - screen sash. The west side has a wood -framed balcony accessed from a second floor glass -in -wood door with a dark brown storm door. The balcony railing consists of wood pickets set in pairs, with heart -shaped cutouts and painted tan and coral. 22. Architectural style/building type: No style 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. 745 LaFarge is the only corner property in the subdivision that consists only of a single lot. It is also one of the few two-story houses in the neighborhood. Thus for a corner property, it is uniquely narrow. The house is close to the property line on the south side. On the north and east, there are small landscaped, grassy yards separated from the public sidewalk by a split rail and chicken wire fence. A small landscaped yard is at the rear of the house. There are low, narrow wood decks built against the house on the north and west sides. A brick sidewalk leads from Spruce Street to the front entrance. Although the house is addressed on LaFarge, the entrance faces Spruce. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a freestanding garage at the west end of the lot with a concrete driveway leading to Spruce Street. The garage has a front -facing gable roof with brown/gray asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. Most of the garage has tan aluminum siding and coral wood shingle gable siding. The primary siding on the north face is tan horizontal drop wood siding. The north side has an overhead garage door of wood panels and two glass lights. There is an aluminum slider window facing west and a wood panel door facing the back yard. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: ca. 1892 Actual: 1980 and 1990 Altered Source of information: 1893 Sanborn map 2