810 Spruce St Historic Survey 2013

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Resource Number: 5BL8026 Temporary Resource Number: 157508425001 Conarroe, Carolyn, The Louisville Story, Louisville Times, Inc., 2000. Superior Community Involvement Program, Superior: A Folk History, Louisville Times, Inc., 1983. Interview with conducted by Museum Coordinator Bridget Bacon: July 13, 2010, interview with Ben Bennett, husband of owner Louise Bonelli Bennett. 13. National Register Eligibility Assessment: Eligible Not eligible X Need data Explain: The building lacks sufficient integrity and significance to be individually eligible to the National Register. It does date from the period of significance of a potential Jefferson Place historic district. It is noteworthy that the property has been in the same family since 1951, but the significance is not sufficient to warrant a National Register nomination. The building has integrity of design, workmanship and feeling. Integrity of design is somewhat compromised by some minor window modifications and by exterior siding replacement, but its basic form is intact. The building lacks integrity of materials due to replacement of wood siding with stucco. It has integrity of location. Although it was moved onto the site in ca. 1949, it has been in its current location for over fifty years. It lacks integrity of setting due to the construction of the large City of Louisville building immediately to the east. It has integrity of association, having been owned by the same family for nearly the entire time it has existed in this location. 13A. Colorado State Register and Louisville Local Landmark: Not Eligible X 13B. Historic District Potential: Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register and local historic district. There is potential for a National Register historic district. This property is non-contributing due to compromised integrity. Discuss: This building is being recorded as part of a 2010-2011 intensive -level historical and architectural survey of Jefferson Place, Louisville's first residential subdivision, platted in 1880. The purpose of the survey is to determine if there is potential for National Register, State Register or local historic districts. Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register historic district under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European, for its association with European immigrants who first lived here and whose descendants continued to live here for over fifty years. The period of significance for the State Register historic district is 1881 — 1980. Jefferson Place is potentially eligible as a National Register historic district under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European. However it needs data to determine dates of some modifications, and to more definitely establish the significant impacts of various European ethnic groups on the local culture of Louisville. The period of significance of a National Register district is 1881 — 1963. Jefferson Place is eligible as a local Louisville historic district under local Criterion B, Social, as it exemplifies the cultural and social heritage of the community. European immigrant families flocked to Colorado coal mining communities, including Louisville, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. Louisville's Welch Coal Mine, along with other mines in the area, recruited skilled workers from western Europe. In the early years before 1900, most of the miners who lived in Jefferson Place came from English-speaking countries. Immigrants from England brought a strong tradition and expertise in coal mining. The English are widely credited with developing the techniques of coal mining that were used locally, and they taught these techniques to other miners. The British mining culture was instilled in the early Colorado coal mines. English immigrants also brought expertise in other necessary skills such as blacksmithing and chain forging. Later Jefferson Place residents arrived from Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia, among other places. The Italians eventually became the largest single ethnic group in Jefferson Place and in Louisville as a whole. About one-third of the houses in Jefferson Place were owned and occupied by Italian immigrants. Italian immigrants left their mark on Louisville in the food and beverage industries. To the present day, downtown Louisville is known throughout the Front Range for its tradition of Italian restaurants. The impacts of the heritage and customs of the other European ethnic groups could be significant, but are not well documented and need further investigation. 4