1001 Main St Historic Survey - Jordinelli House 1100 LaFarge

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Resource Number: 5BL915 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Residence 35. Historical Background This house was built a few years after the turn of the twentieth century, and has served as a single family residence since that time. The property's early owners may have included Robert and Mary Jacoe. By 1916, though, this was the residence of Frank R. and Rose Jordinelli. (Boulder County directories contain myriad spellings for Jordinelli, including Geordinelli, Jardinelli, Gordinalli, and Jordinalli.) The Jordinellis had come to Louisville in the very early 1900s, where Frank found work in the coal mines. Before moving into this house, the family lived in the Caledonia Addition, in the northeast section of Louisville. Robert Jordinelli, possibly a brother, lived on LaFarge between Pine and Hutchinson at about the same time. Another Jordinelli family lived on Second Street. This property stayed in the hands of the Frank and Rose Jordinelli family for many years, and eventually passed on to their daughter Mrs. Minnie (Jordinelli) DeRose. Born circa 1899, Minnie is listed in the 1928 Boulder County Directory as a teacher. In later years, she worked as a telephone operator at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office which was located at 913 Main Street. Mrs. Minnie DeRose continued to live here in retirement into the 1990s. Walden Miller & Catherine Abel are the property's current owners, maintaining it as a rental. They live in Louisville, and have held the property since April 1998. 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. Mehls, Steven F., Mehls, Carol Drake, and Fell, James E. Jr. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory Record", (1100 LaFarge Avenue), August 2, 1985. On file at the Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Denver, CO. Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company Publishers. Polk's Longmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997.