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Resource Number: 5BL7359
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508425005
<br />The building was likely constructed in ca. 1890, based upon the 1893 Sanborn map. In 1948, it was a one-story, four
<br />room cottage with vertical wood board and batten siding, an open front porch with a hipped roof, and a porch facing
<br />east. Siding on the front (south) facade was horizontal board siding, with what appears to be decorative gable
<br />shingles. Windows were wood sash double hung. The Boulder County Assessor characterized the building's
<br />condition as "poor" in 1948. By 1954, windows had been replaced, window openings changed, a new "picture"
<br />window added at the front, and new siding was installed, although its composition is difficult to identify. The hipped
<br />porch roof still existed, as did a central brick chimney. In 1977, owner Jim Aschfort built a two-story, four -room
<br />addition and attached garage and brought the building up to code, including removal of the chimney, removal and
<br />reconstruction of the porch roof and porch concrete slab, and various structural repairs. An exterior deck and wooden
<br />shade arbor were added to the north side of the house in 1993. In 1995, the exterior siding was changed to synthetic
<br />stucco. The date of removal of the front porch is unknown.
<br />30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s):
<br />V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
<br />31. Original use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling
<br />32. Intermediate use(s): N/A
<br />33. Current use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling
<br />34. Site type(s): Urban residence
<br />35. Historical background:
<br />This building is part of Jefferson Place, the first residential subdivision in Louisville.
<br />The history of 817 Pine is closely intertwined with that of 809 Pine (5BL8024). In fact, the properties had the same
<br />owner, the Eberl family, from 1912 to 1924. This was followed by a period of the properties being owned by different
<br />members of the same family, the Sirokman family, from 1924 until 1950. Both properties are strongly connected with
<br />Louisville's diverse ethnic heritage. The Eberls were Austrian, while the Sirokmans were one of Louisville's Slovak
<br />families.
<br />The date of construction for 817 Pine appears to have been circa 1890, just as it is for 809 Pine (despite the fact that
<br />Boulder County gives 1920 as the year of construction for both properties). This is because the house is shown with
<br />the correct layout and in the correct location on the 1893, 1900, and 1908 Sanborn maps (and it also appears on the
<br />1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville).
<br />Boulder County's online property records show that Jefferson Place developer Charles Welch conveyed the property
<br />at 817 Pine in 1895 to Joseph Eberl.
<br />Joseph and Johanna Eberl were both from Austria, Joseph having been born in about 1857 and Johanna in about
<br />1853. They arrived in the United States in 1880. The 1885 Colorado state census shows them living in Boulder
<br />County, although it is unclear whether they were yet in Louisville. They appear in the 1892 residential directory for
<br />Louisville. The 1900 census shows them listed on the same page as others in the vicinity, as noted above, and it is
<br />strongly believed that they were living at 817 Pine. The 1904 directory has them at "Lafarge & Pine," which loosely
<br />describes the location of 817 Pine. The 1910 census specifically indicates that they were living on Pine, and their
<br />names appear near the names of John and Emma Barker, who lived at 801 Pine (5BL8023).
<br />Joseph Eberl worked as a coal miner and served as a town trustee beginning in 1896. The Eberls had children
<br />Frank, Anna, Joseph, Gertrude, and Harold. Joseph died in 1917 and Johanna died in 1924.
<br />This property's old address was 327 Pine, which first appears in the 1916 directory. However, in 1926, it had the
<br />address of 317 Pine, then 323 Pine in 1930. In 1932, it went back to being 327 Pine before the address officially
<br />changed to 817 Pine several years later.
<br />In 1924, following the death of Johanna, the Eberls' daughter, Gertrude Hill, conveyed the properties at both 809 and
<br />817 Pine to George Sirokman Jr. and Mildred Green Sirokman. On the same day, George Jr. and Mildred transferred
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