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Resource Number: 5BL11316 Temporary Resource Number: 157508435014 IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1902 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: N/A 27. Builder/Contractor: Herman H. Fischer (assumed) Source of information: Brennan, Alma Kerr. "Stecker-Kerr-Brennan-McWillliams: A Short History of Five Generations of Louisville People 1870 — 1988." 28. Original owner: Joseph and Agatha Stecker Source of information: Boulder County property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was constructed in 1902. Since the main house in this family complex (633 LaFarge) was constructed by Louisville carpenter Herman H. Fischer, it can be assumed that he also built this house. Based upon physical evidence, it has had some minor modifications. The exterior wood siding on the west and south sides has a narrower profile than the siding on the rest of the house, and it appears to be somewhat older. The rear of the house appears to be a porch that was enclosed at an unknown date after 1948. The north porch roof and the roof over the south end have exposed rafter tails, but the rest of the house has boxed eaves, which is presumably a modification. The Boulder County assessor card for 1948 identifies the roofing material as wood shingles, but the roofing has since been changed to asphalt shingles. The same assessor card makes note of a 20x20 garage with a dirt floor, but which was removed at an unknown date. A building permit was issued for a 10x15 tool shed in 1975. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Urban residence 35. Historical background: This building is part of Jefferson Place, the first residential subdivision in Louisville. This property has a common history with the properties at 633 La Farge Avenue (5BL921) and 722 Pine Street (5BL11317) located to the east. All three properties have been in the same family for over 100 years, and for 633 La Farge, the ownership by one family has continued for nearly 130 years. Part of the significance of the history of these properties is that they reflect the early settlement of Louisville by numerous German speaking immigrants. Reference should be made to the Architectural Inventory Form for the Colorado Cultural Resource Survey that was completed in 2000 for 633 La Farge. This form gives a history of the Stecker family that acquired all three properties. These properties have made up more or less a family compound, with different family members living in different houses; at different times, the houses were also rented out. It has been determined that Joseph and Agatha Stecker (or Stecher, or Stacher) came to the United States from Austria in 1881, according to their own reporting for the federal census. A naturalization record for Joseph Stecker that was summarized in Boulder Genealogical Quarterly, February 1994 (the record of which appears at www.Ancestry.com) indicates that Joseph came to the United States in 1882. 3