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Resource Number: 5BL 11324 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405013 20. Special features: Porch, fence 21. General architectural description: 709 Walnut is a one-story, wood -framed house, rectangular in plan, on a concrete foundation. Its primary facade faces south to Walnut Street. The primary roof is cross -gabled, with brown asphalt shingles, boxed eaves and non -historic aluminum soffit and fascia. Siding is white, horizontal, replacement steel siding. The northernmost bay of the house is an enclosed porch with a partial hip, partial shed roof. The main entrance to the house has a covered porch on the left (west) portion of the facade. The porch has a concrete stoop that is two steps up above grade. It is sheltered by a shallowly sloped metal deck shed roof on three aluminum posts. The front door is non -historic, with an upper 9-light section and lower panels. There is a white aluminum storm/screen door. The north side of the house was not clearly visible, but it has a patio covered with a fiberglass awning in a white steel frame. Windows on the house are replacement sash in modified openings. To the left of the front door there is a non -historic "picture" window. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other style: Wood frame gable front 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. 709 Walnut Street is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. It is located on a deep, narrow, mid -block lot and forms the center of a grouping of three south -facing houses (701, 709 and 711 Walnut). The northern property line of these three houses is at one of seven narrow, east -west alleys originally platted in Jefferson Place. These alleys were too narrow to accommodate modern vehicles, so they were abandoned in the 1970s and the land deeded over to adjacent property owners. 709 Walnut is set very close to the street and has a small front lawn that is open to the street. There is a large maple tree in the front yard, and there is one in the back yard as well. The approach to the house is by way of a concrete walk, leading up two concrete steps to a front porch and concrete stoop. A smaller concrete walk leads to the back yard along the east side of the house. The property is enclosed to the west with vinyl picket and panel fencing, and to the north with white vinyl privacy fencing. The deep rear (north) and east yards are open to the adjacent property at 711 Walnut, which has the same owner. An active, historic well is located between 709 and 711 Walnut, and is used by both properties for irrigation. There are raised red brick planters along the east side of the house and a covered patio along the north side. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: Between 709 and 711 Walnut there is a shared, historic, active well with a red brick base and gable roof IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1904 Actual: Source of information: 1904 Louisville directory 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Lodovica and John Vercellono Source of information: Boulder County property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): 2