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Resource Number: 5BL11317
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508435013
<br />633 La Farge and into 722 Pine, may suggest that something happened in around 1909 that led to the construction
<br />and architecture of the house as it is known today.
<br />Joseph and Agatha Stecker had five children, of whom only one, Annie, lived to adulthood. Two sons died in the
<br />1890s in Louisville and are buried at Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery (located between Louisville and Boulder), as
<br />are their parents, Joseph and Agatha.
<br />Louisville directories first show a record for Joe "Sticker," a miner, in 1892. By 1896, he was both a miner and a
<br />dairyman. According to a written history prepared by the family, the Steckers kept cows at 633 La Farge "and sold
<br />milk, delivered in 5-pound lard pails." Agatha carried on their dairy business even after the death of Joe in 1904; the
<br />1906 directory shows her still operating the dairy.
<br />The 1904 Louisville directory shows Agatha Stecker, a widow, living at La Farge and Pine with her daughter, Annie.
<br />Agatha continued living at 633 La Farge for several more years. However, by the time of the 1916 directory, Agatha
<br />had moved next door to 722 Pine (then called 410 Pine). Agatha conveyed her ownership to these lots to her
<br />daughter, Annie, in 1919. It appears that Agatha continued to live at 722 Pine until near the time of her death in 1931.
<br />At the time that Agatha moved to 722 Pine, her daughter, Annie, continued to occupy 633 La Farge, now with her
<br />husband, Robert Kerr, whom she married in 1909. Robert Kerr was born in Colorado in 1879 of an Irish born father
<br />and Canadian born mother. According to the family's written history, this Kerr family came to Louisville in 1900. Annie
<br />and Robert Kerr raised their daughters, Alma and Bertha, at 633 La Farge with Agatha Stecker living next door at
<br />722 Pine.
<br />Annie Stecker Kerr passed away in 1931 and Robert Kerr passed away in 1937. Their daughter, Alma, married Floyd
<br />Brennan; their daughter, Bertha, moved to California. In 1953, Bertha conveyed her interest in the family properties
<br />to her sister, Alma.
<br />Louisville directories show that 722 Pine was rented out to Boyd and Callie Forbis in the early 1950s. He worked as a
<br />carpenter. Then Alma and Floyd Brennan resided at 722 Pine, where Alma's grandmother Agatha Stecker had lived,
<br />in the later 1950s. This is shown in the directories for 1955 through 1960. By 1966, Alma and Floyd Brennan were
<br />residing at 633 La Farge. Floyd Brennan worked for thirty-five years as a labor foreman with a construction company
<br />and passed away in 1984. Alma Brennan passed away in 1999.
<br />Today, descendants of the Stecker/Kerr/Brennan family continue to own the three properties of 633 La Farge, 722
<br />Pine, and 720 Pine.
<br />36. Sources of information:
<br />Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
<br />in Boulder, Colorado.
<br />Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through
<br />http://recorder.bouldercountv.orq.
<br />Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com .
<br />Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909/
<br />Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908/
<br />Green Mountain Cemetery Index to Interment Books, 1904-1925, Boulder Genealogical Society, 2006.
<br />Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery, Boulder County, records of burials, accessed through www.findagrave.com
<br />Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum, including: Brennan, Alma Kerr. "Stecker-Kerr-Brennan-
<br />McWilliams: A Short History of Five Generations of Louisville People, 1870-1988."
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