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Resource Number: 5BL 11319
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508414007
<br />The 1923 directory for Louisville shows that Ludwig and Martha Eberharter's son, Fred Eberharter, began to reside at
<br />713 Spruce by 1923. He worked as a clerk in the Eberharter store at 805 La Farge at the time, and this was no doubt
<br />a convenient location for his home. 801 La Farge appears to have been where he grew up. At the time he moved in
<br />to 713 Spruce, Fred had recently married Sophie Swinberg. They had a son, LeRoy (1923-1982). Fred lived from
<br />1904 to 1955 or 1956.
<br />Directories show that Fred Eberharter lived at 713 Spruce until at least 1930. He, Sophie, and LeRoy are also shown
<br />to be living at this location in the 1930 census. They paid $12 a month in rent, apparently to Fred's mother, who
<br />owned the property.
<br />For the next several years, the house may have been rented to others. Fred Eberharter and his family appear to
<br />have moved elsewhere. Fred Eberharter came to be associated with other properties in the Jefferson Place Addition.
<br />Directories show that from 1943 to 1953 (while Martha Eberharter still owned it), 713 Spruce was rented to Joe
<br />Campana (1911-1976) and Helen Campana (1928-1996). He worked as an auto mechanic. Helen Campana's
<br />obituary stated that she and Joe owned Louisville's White Front Inn (5BL8025) for many years.
<br />Raymond Smith, who was born in 1938 and grew up at 801 La Farge in the 1940s and 1950s, recalled in 2011 that
<br />he would eat dinner next door at the Campana house at 713 Spruce on Thursday and Saturday nights "because
<br />those were spaghetti nights." He was friends with the Campana children. The families were indeed close, as Ray's
<br />sister, Katherine, married one of the Campana boys.
<br />In 1955, Martha Eberharter sold 713 Spruce to Stanislaw and Margarete Harbuz. They are the current owners and
<br />residents. At the age of 18, Stan Harbuz was forced from his home in Poland to work in a Nazi work camp in
<br />Germany in 1942. After World War II, he worked as a guard and immigrated in the early 1950s to Colorado, where he
<br />worked as a carpenter.
<br />Another address found for 713 Spruce, under Louisville's old address system, was 435 Spruce.
<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.orci.
<br />Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestrv.com
<br />Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909.
<br />Methodist Church Parish Map of Louisville, Colorado, circa 1923-25.
<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 />Interview conducted by Louisville Historical Museum Coordinator Bridget Bacon with Raymond Smith, March 30,
<br />2011.
<br />Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum, including newspaper clipping, "Miner for 43 Years
<br />Reviews Early Days," Louisville Times, April 4, 1990, reprinted from Louisville Times, 1932.
<br />Ooton, Jennifer. "Trying the Soul: Louisville Man Recalls Time Spent in Nazi Work Camp." Daily Times -Call
<br />(Longmont), undated (circa 2001).
<br />VI. SIGNIFICANCE
<br />37. Local landmark designation: Yes
<br />No X Date of designation: NA
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