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Resource Number: 5BL11325 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405012 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: At the north end of the lot there is a two -car garage sided with light cream -colored stucco. The garage has a front -facing gable roof with brown asphalt shingles, aluminum soffit and aluminum fascia. The south side has a white aluminum paneled overhead door. The east side has two fixed steel sash 4-light windows. The west side has a wood man -door with a six -light window. Attached to the west side of the garage is a later addition consisting of a shed lean-to containing storage and work space, sided with wood paneling painted cream. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1956 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: N/A 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: N/A 28. Original owner: Original owner of lot: Mike Longgeger. Current house built by William and Betty Buffo. Source of information: Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through htto://recorder. bouldercountv.ora, 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): Initial construction was completed in 1956. In 1975 the house was remodeled to bring it up to current codes as part of a Louisville Urban Renewal Authority program. The 1956 assessor's card identifies the exterior wall material as wood siding, and the associated photo shows some dark brick on the front facade. In 1978 a building permit was issued to brick the outside of the structure, at which time the current light-colored brick was installed. The current white aluminum windows appear to be replacement windows installed within the original openings. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): N/A 33. Current use(s): Domestic, Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Urban residence 35. Historical background: This building is part of Jefferson Place, the first residential subdivision in Louisville. The history of 711 Walnut is closely tied to that of 709 Walnut (5BL11324), which is the next parcel to the west. In 1893 and 1894, Charles Welch, the developer of Jefferson Place, sold the lots on which 709 and 711 Walnut are situated to Mike Longgeger, a coal miner from Austria. In 1903, Longgeger sold the lots to a widow, Lodovica Fornengo Obele. Also in 1903, Lodovica married John Vercellono, a coal miner. Both had been born in Italy. The house at 709 Walnut was constructed in the early 1900s. In 1938, Dominic and Lillian Buffo purchased these lots from the daughter of Lodovica Vercellono, Catherine Cito. Dominic and Lillian made their home at 709 Walnut, which was the existing house on the property at that time, and raised their children there. The Buffo family is an Italian family that came to Louisville in the 1890s. Dominic Buffo was a coal miner who had grown up in Jefferson Place at 936 La Farge (5BL8002). 3