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Resource Number: 5BL7989
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508414009
<br />houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been
<br />preserved.
<br />817 La Farge Avenue is on a narrow, mid -block lot with a shallow front yard, narrow side yards and deep rear
<br />yard. It is unusual due to its two-story volume, the second story having been added in 1993.
<br />9. Changes in Condition: None.
<br />10. Changes to Location or Size Information: The previous inventory identifies the house size as 608 square feet,
<br />which was likely the size of the house prior to the 1993 addition. The current house size is 1288 square feet.
<br />11. Changes in Ownership: Same ownership as 2000 inventory form.
<br />12. Other Changes, Additions, or Observations:
<br />Further research has yielded new information about the history of 817 La Farge.
<br />This house was associated with a member of an early Austrian family in Louisville, the Zurick family, who owned this
<br />property for nine years and lived here, as well as with the Jasko family, also Slovak, who owned the house for 41
<br />years, and the French Coet family, who owned the house for 29 years. All three families are also associated with
<br />other houses on La Farge.
<br />John Jasko, was an early owner of Lots 1 through 5 of Block 5 of Jefferson Place, which translate to the addresses of
<br />801 (5BL852), 805 (5BL7984), 809 (5BL7986), 815 (5BL7988), and 817 La Farge. John Jasko's twin, Joseph Jasko,
<br />later in time owned this house (817 La Farge) and also 815 La Farge.
<br />Martin Zurick purchased this lot (Lot 5) from John Jasko in 1892 and it became a Zurick residence. The Boulder
<br />County Assessor records indicate that it was built in 1905 (not in 1908 as indicated in the 2000 historical survey
<br />written about this house), but the 2000 historical survey notes that the Sanborn maps for 1893 and 1900 show that
<br />there was already a small building on the lot which may have been incorporated into the current building. A house
<br />appears on lot 5 on the Sanborn maps for 1893, 1900, and 1908, and on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville.
<br />Martin Zurick owned 817 La Farge for nine years. The 1900 census shows Martin Zurick, the owner of 817 La Farge
<br />at the time, to be living at what is likely this location (next to Andrew Litavec, known to have been the owner of 815
<br />La Farge). Martin Zurick was living alone, so it may make sense that he was the only resident of the small house
<br />shown on the 1893 and 1900 Sanborn maps. He was age 70, from Austria, widowed, and a coal miner. He had come
<br />to the US in 1882. This Martin Zurick was the eldest of three family members by the name of Martin Zurick to have
<br />lived in Louisville. Based on the fact that this Martin Zurick was born in 1830, it appears that he was likely the father
<br />of Joseph Zurick who owned and lived at 745 La Farge (5BL11284). For more information about the Joseph Zurick
<br />family, please refer to the report on that address.
<br />Joseph Jasko, who was from Slovakia along with his wife, Mary, was the twin of the John Jasko who owned Lots 1
<br />through 5 along this block. Just as the Litavec and Balent families became farmers, so did John Jasko when he sold
<br />his home at 809 La Farge. Joseph Jasko acquired 817 La Farge (this home) in 1901 and acquired 815 La Farge in
<br />1906.
<br />Due to the fact that Joseph Jasko owned both of these houses at 815 and 817 La Farge, and because of shifting
<br />addresses over the years for the houses along this block of La Farge, it could not be determined exactly when the
<br />Jasko family may have lived in each house. However, evidence suggests that the Joseph and Mary Jasko family was
<br />living at 817 La Farge in 1904. The 1904 Louisville directory shows them to be living on La Farge between Spruce
<br />and Walnut, and they were the owners of 817 La Farge by that time but did not yet own 815 La Farge. However, the
<br />Joseph and Mary Jasko family was apparently living next door at 815 La Farge (their other home) in 1916, when the
<br />address was 316 La Farge. At the same time, 809 La Farge was likely 312, 817 La Farge was likely 320, 821 La
<br />Farge (5BL7990) was likely 324, and 825 La Farge (5BL7993) was likely 332, at least for that particular year. In
<br />1916, the residents of "320" La Farge (apparently today's 817) were Frank and Anna Frause and they were evidently
<br />renting.
<br />Joseph Jasko (1868-1942) and Mary Jasko (1868-1969) married in 1892 in Pueblo after Joseph had immigrated to
<br />the US in about 1886 and Mary came in about 1890. In 1900, they were living in Globeville, a community north of
<br />Denver in which many Eastern Europeans resided, and Joseph was working as a brick maker there. They moved to
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