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Resource Number: 5BL853 Temporary Resource Number: 157508426014 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a historic shed, possibly a previous privy, at the northwest side of the property. The shed has a gable roof covered with wood shingles. Walls are clad with unpainted horizontal wood drop siding. The shed is open to the south. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1890 Actual: Source of information: 1893 Sanborn map and interview with Thomas family recorded in 1982 Louisville Historic Survey 26. Architect: Owen Smith Source of information: 1982 Louisville Historic Survey, based upon interview with Thomas Family 27. Builder/Contractor: Owen Smith Source of information: 1982 Louisville Historic Survey family interview 28. Original owner: Nicholas Thomas Source of information: Boulder County 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): The house was built in approximately 1890 by architect/builder Owen Smith for owner Nicholas Thomas. According to the 1982 survey, the north porch addition was constructed in ca. 1928. Undated ca. World War I era photographs in the Louisville Historical Museum depict a larger window and a side door along LaFarge that no longer exist. By the 1960s or 1970s, these had been modified. An east -facing entrance opening onto the main porch was closed and changed to the current pair of stained glass windows in the 1960s or 1970s. The property originally was larger, consisting of lots 1 through 5. Lots 3 through 5 were sold in 1997 and now comprise a newer property at 727 Pine Street. Exterior siding was replaced in 2003. The rear deck was constructed in 2003. 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. The house at 733 Pine has long been owned by and associated with the Thomas family of Louisville. Property records show that members of the Thomas family owned these lots for 120 years, from about 1885 until 2005, and the house is believed to have been constructed in approximately 1890. Part of the significance of the history of this property is that it reflects the early settlement of Louisville by settlers who came from Great Britain in search of coal mining work. Nicholas Thomas was from Wales and worked as a coal miner, while Mary Oldacre Thomas's personal history includes the fact that she had worked as a chain maker as a young woman in England before marrying and coming to the United States. She was one of the founders of the Methodist Church in Louisville. The descendants of Nicholas and Mary Thomas came to own coal mines in the area as well as businesses in Louisville such as the Grain Elevator on County Road (5BL961.11), the Thomas Feed Store at Pine and Front (building no longer extant), and the City Market grocery store located on Main Street and then at 637 Front Street. The Main Street building that housed the City Market is no longer extant. 637 Front Street, built in 1966, still exists but has not been recorded as part of a cultural resources survey. Passenger record research shows that Nicholas Thomas (born 1854) and Mary Thomas (born 1851) came with their young son, Nicholas Jr. (born about 1873), to the United States in 1881. They arrived in New York on the ship 3