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Resource Number: 5BL 11320
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508415008
<br />worked as coal miners in the Louisville area. The Louisville directories for 1892, 1896, and 1898 show Peter Fiechtl
<br />as a resident of the town.
<br />Boulder County gives 1900 as the year of construction for this house. The actual date appears to be earlier. A house
<br />is shown in this location on the 1893, 1900, and 1908 Sanborn maps, although the layout appears to have changed
<br />slightly between the time of the 1900 and 1908 Sanborn maps.
<br />Evidence shows that upon reaching adulthood, Ben lived with his family at 817 Spruce, next to his parents who still
<br />lived next door at 801 Spruce. Peter Jr. is believed to have never married. Ben Fiechtl and his wife, Lyda, are listed
<br />as living at 817 Spruce, then called 315 Spruce, in 1916. Their young family at the time, living in the house with them,
<br />would have included their son Benedict Jr., who was born in about 1911, and their son George, who was born in
<br />1914. In 1917, Peter Fiechtl Sr. legally conveyed part of his property, that at 817 Spruce, to his son, Ben (or at least,
<br />it was in 1917 that the deed was recorded).
<br />The first Louisville directory that lists residents of the town with locations of their homes, which is the directory for
<br />1904, lists Peter and Leopoldina (called "Annie") Fiechtl as well as Ben Fiechtl as living at "Lafarge & Spruce," which
<br />is the location of 801 Spruce.
<br />In 1916, 1918, and 1921, Peter and Leopoldina Fiechtl are listed as residing at 303 Spruce, which is the old address
<br />of 801 Spruce. Their son, Peter Jr., is also a resident at that address. For the next several years, their name could
<br />not be located in the directories under the "F"s, but it is believed that they continued to reside there, particularly in
<br />view of census records for 1920 and 1930 that clearly show Fiechtl family members to be living at Spruce and La
<br />Farge.
<br />Leopoldina died in 1920 and Peter Fiechtl Sr. died in 1931. Peter and Benedict Fiechtl transferred this property at
<br />801 Spruce to Peter and Savina Zarini in 1931.
<br />The 1936 directory shows that following the death of his father and the sale of the house at 801 Spruce, Peter Fiechtl
<br />Jr. went to live on the small farm of his brother, Benedict Fiechtl, at 501 West Spruce. Peter Jr. died in 1977. His
<br />obituary stated that he worked as both a miner and a carpenter.
<br />Peter and Savina Zarini, in purchasing 801 Spruce in 1931, appear to have been acquiring more housing space for
<br />their grown children to live near their home of 804 La Farge just to the north which they had purchased in 1906. 801
<br />Spruce is one of a number of houses in Jefferson Place, and particularly in the vicinity of La Farge and Spruce that
<br />were historically associated with members of the Zarini family.
<br />Peter Zarini was born in Cimbro, Lombardy, Italy in 1865, while Savina was born just a few miles away in Casale
<br />Litta, Lombardy, Italy, also in 1871. It is believed that they came to the US in the 1890s. Peter worked as a coal
<br />miner. Their children who survived to adulthood were Mary (Biella), Rachael (Ferrari), Edyth, Ernestina (Michela),
<br />Silvio, Esterena (Lepenske, Campbell), Ernest, and Hazel (Harris). Most of these children, as adults, lived in the
<br />Jefferson Place addition near their parents' home.
<br />Additional information about the Zarini family can be found in the report for 804 La Farge.
<br />For much of the 1930s, the exact residents of 801 Spruce could not be ascertained. It can be speculated that the
<br />house was used for members of the Zarini family household who were not living next door at 804 La Farge. Louisville
<br />directories show that by 1940, the residents were the Zarinis' daughter, Hazel, and her children. Hazel Zarini Harris
<br />was born in 1910 and married William ("Bill") Harris in 1926. In the 1920s, Hazel Zarini Harris used to operate the
<br />player piano at the Rex Theatre at 817 Main Street (5BL8552), which was operated by her older sister, Mary Zarini
<br />Biella, and Mary's husband, Santino. William Harris's parents were James Harris and Maude Brierley, who were
<br />members of pioneer families in Boulder County.
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