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Resource Number: 5BL7988 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414010 his home at 809 La Farge. Joseph Jasko acquired 817 La Farge in 1901 and acquired 815 La Farge (this home) in 1906. Due to the fact that Joseph Jasko owned both of these houses, and because of shifting addresses over the years for the houses along this block of La Farge, it could not be determined exactly when the Jasko family may have lived in each house. However, evidence suggests that the Joseph and Mary Jasko family was living at 815 La Farge in 1916, when the address was 316 La Farge (and 809 La Farge was likely 312, 817 La Farge was likely 320, 821 La Farge was likely 324, and 825 La Farge was likely 332, at least for that particular year). Joseph Jasko (1868-1942) and Mary Jasko (1868-1969) married in 1892 in Pueblo after Joseph had immigrated to the US in about 1886 and Mary came in about 1890. In 1900, they were living in Globeville, a community north of Denver in which many Eastern Europeans resided, and Joseph was working as a brick maker there. They moved to Louisville in the early 1900s. He worked as a coal miner. The 1910 census, which lists them as living on La Farge, shows that they had a son, Joe, who was born in 1902, and also had a Slovak boarder named John Sakaly who worked as a coal miner. The 1920 census shows the couple still living on La Farge and Joseph Sr. still working as a coal miner. Guy and Rose Perna purchased 815 La Farge from Joseph Jasko Sr. in 1920. Guy Perna (1883-1979) had been born in Italy and is believed to have come to the US in the early 1900s. Rose Perna (birth and death dates not found) was his wife. This home was owned by the Perna family for 61 years, until 1981. However, in only one record from the 1920s to the 1960s were they listed as living in the 800 block of La Farge. In the 1921 directory, they were listed as living at 310 La Farge. (They were also listed in the 1920 census as living on Main Street in Louisville, before they purchased 815 La Farge, with young children William, Peter, and Albert.) It is possible that the house was rented out during part of their ownership, or that it was the residence of family members with a different last name. Sources of Information Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through http://recorder.bouldercounty.org. Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com . Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909 Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908 Louisville, Colorado cemetery records, accessed at http://files.usgwarchives.orq/co/boulder/cemeteries/louisville.txt Sacred Heart of Mary (Boulder County, Colorado) cemetery records, accessed at http://www.findagrave.com Bacon, Bridget. "The Story Behind Louisville's Miners Field." The Louisville Historian. Louisville Historical Museum and Commission, Louisville, Colorado, Fall 2009. Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Correspondence of September and October 2009 between Museum Coordinator Bridget Bacon and Ella Marie Hayes (granddaughter of John Balent and Annie Litavec Balent). 13. National Register Eligibility Assessment: Eligible Not eligible X Need data Explain: The property is not individually eligible to the National Register due to the large 1980 — 1990's addition. 3