713 Spruce St Historic Survey (Demolished)

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Resource Number: 5BL 11319 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414007 18. Roof configuration: Gable on hip 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt 20. Special features: Chimney, porch, fence, garage 21. General architectural description: 713 Spruce is a wood framed, one-story residence, generally rectangular in plan, with its primary facade facing south to Spruce Street. The house appears to have originally had a cross - gable roof. Hip -roofed additions have extended the house to the east and north. Roofing consists of tan asphalt shingles and eaves are boxed. There is a painted concrete masonry exterior chimney on the east side. Siding is white -painted horizontal wood lap siding with 4" wood corner trim. On the west and south sides, there is a wainscot of white -painted plywood panel siding below the lap siding. The foundation is concrete and low in height. Windows are mostly simple wood sash single hung with simple wood trim and non -historic aluminum storm/screen sash. The front facade has a large non -historic "picture" fixed window and a large pair of aluminum sliders. The entrance is enclosed with sliding glass patio doors at a wood stoop with three wood stairs and a wooden railing. 22. Architectural style/building type: No style 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Jefferson Place Subdivision is a historic residential neighborhood adjacent to downtown Louisville. The subdivision is laid out on a standard urban grid of narrow, deep lots with rear alleys. Houses are built to a fairly consistent setback line along the streets with small front lawns, deep rear yards and mature landscaping. Small, carefully maintained single-family residences predominate. Most of the houses are wood framed, one or one and one-half stories in height, featuring white or light-colored horizontal wood or steel siding, gabled or hipped asphalt shingled roofs and front porches. While many of the houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been preserved. 713 Spruce Street is on a large, 3-lot parcel. The house has been modified at least three times since 1948 and has a more contemporary appearance than the other houses in Jefferson Place. It is also somewhat unusual as it is one of few residences on Spruce Street, which had mostly commercial properties in Jefferson Place. The house is set close to Spruce Street with a shallow front yard that is open to the street. The front yard has grass, two large trees, and a continuous concrete curb/retaining wall along the north edge of the City sidewalk. A concrete sidewalk and two concrete steps lead to the front entrance from the City walk. Very close to the east side of the house there is an asphalt alley. Shrubs and a chain link fence separate the house from the alley. The western side yard is 22 feet wide and unfenced, with a grass lawn, a large tree, and pavers along the west edge of the house. The back yard is enclosed with wood fencing on the west side and chain link on the east. There is a concrete patio along the north side of the house, the western portion of which is covered with a shed roof on wood posts. The eastern half of the yard is an asphalt driveway for the garage. The western half is a grass lawn with a diagonal concrete walk. Along the north side of this property is a very narrow alley, one of a few east -west alleys in Jefferson Place. These were vacated in the 1970s and the property deeded to the adjacent owners, including this one. Most of them still exist and are used for private vehicle parking. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a large non -historic 3-car garage and workshop at the northeast corner of the site. This appears to have been built in two separate sections at different times. The eastern bay is set further north than the western bay and the gable roofs are perpendicular. The exterior siding is horizontal masonite siding and the roofing is tan asphalt shingles. The eastern bay has a metal panel overhead door opening south to an asphalt drive within the fenced back yard. The western bay has 2 wood panel overhead doors with glass lights, both of which open south to the back yard. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1890s Actual: Source of information: Boulder County Deed of Trust 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown, but possibly first owner Charles Taylor, who was a carpenter 2