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Resource Number: 5BL7988 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414010 13A. Colorado State Register: Eligible X Not Eligible Explain: This property is eligible for the State Register under Criterion C for architecture as a good example of a Shotgun style house (period of significance 1885-1908 and 1980-1990 to include the additions). The property has a high degree of integrity of setting, location, design, workmanship, feeling and association. Although the siding has been replaced, it was replaced with wood siding of a profile similar to the original. Integrity of materials is thus somewhat compromised. The addition on the east side is not visible from the street with less effect on integrity of design. 13B. Louisville Local Landmark: Eligible X Not Eligible Explain: This property is significant for Architecture as a good example of a Shotgun style house. The house is associated with the historic development of Louisville as one of the early homes in Louisville's first residential subdivision, Jefferson Place. Although Jefferson Place was platted in 1880, little housing construction occurred until the early 1900s. This property is significant for its association with immigrant Slovak coal mining families who flocked to Colorado's coal mining communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. The property is significant for its association with Louisville's immigrant Slovak coal mining families, the Balent and Jasko families. John Balent in particular is locally significant as a prominent saloon owner and sponsor of baseball teams. He purchased Louisville's baseball park, now called Miner's Field. The property has a high degree of integrity of setting, location, design, workmanship, feeling and association. Although the siding has been replaced, it was replaced with wood siding of a profile similar to the original. Integrity of materials is thus somewhat compromised. The addition on the east side is not visible from the street with less effect on integrity of design. 13C. Historic District Potential: Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register and local historic district. There is also National Register historic potential. The main house would be a contributing structure to a historic district. The garage would be non-contributing. Discuss: This building is being recorded as part of a 2010-2011 intensive -level historical and architectural survey of Jefferson Place, Louisville's first residential subdivision, platted in 1880. The purpose of the survey is to determine if there is potential for National Register, State Register or local historic districts. Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register historic district under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European, for its association with European immigrants who first lived here and whose descendants continued to live here for over fifty years. The period of significance for the State Register historic district is 1881 — 1980. Jefferson Place is potentially eligible as a National Register historic district under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European. However it needs data to determine dates of some modifications, and to more definitely establish the significant impacts of various European ethnic groups on the local culture of Louisville. The period of significance of a National Register district is 1881 — 1963. Jefferson Place is eligible as a local Louisville historic district under local Criterion B, Social, as it exemplifies the cultural and social heritage of the community. European immigrant families flocked to Colorado coal mining communities, including Louisville, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. Louisville's Welch Coal Mine, along with other mines in the area, recruited skilled workers from western Europe. In the early years before 1900, most of the miners who lived in Jefferson Place came from English-speaking countries. Immigrants from England brought a strong tradition and expertise in coal mining. The English are widely credited with developing the techniques of coal mining that were used locally, and they taught these techniques to other miners. The British mining culture was instilled in the early Colorado coal mines. English immigrants also brought expertise in other necessary skills such as blacksmithing and chain forging. Later Jefferson Place residents arrived from Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia, among other places. The Italians eventually became the largest single ethnic group in Jefferson Place and in Louisville as a whole. About one-third of the houses in Jefferson Place were owned and occupied by Italian immigrants. Italian immigrants left their mark on Louisville in the food and beverage industries. To the present day, downtown Louisville is known throughout the Front Range for its tradition of Italian restaurants. The impacts of the heritage and customs of the other European ethnic groups could be significant, but are not well documented and need further investigation. 4