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Resource Number: 5BL8028 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 2 of 5) 21. General Architectural Description The Lazuk House is a 12-story wood -frame residence, exhibiting characteristics of the Craftsman style of architecture. Situated on a large corner lot, the building is supported by a low, painted white, concrete foundation. The exterior walls are painted white horizontal weatherboard, with fishscale shingles in the upper gable end on the north elevation, and with square -cut wood shingles in the upper gable end of the porch gable, on the west elevation. The roof is a tall moderately -pitched front gable, with asphalt shingles and exposed rafter ends. A painted white brick chimney is located on the north elevation. The house's historic Craftsman style, gabled -roof, porch was originally open, but has been enclosed in recent years. The porch now has a non -historic lxl horizontal sliding glass bypass door, and four non -historic windows, flanked by single -light casement windows, all in metal frames. Windows elsewhere on the house are a combination of original 1/1 double -hung sash, with painted white wood frames and surrounds, and non -historic single -light fixed - panes, with flanking casement windows. A secondary entrance is located on the north elevation, where a painted white wood -paneled door opens onto a concrete driveway. There is no garage, however, the garage extends from the house to LaFarge Avenue to the west. A circa 1950s addition to the north end of the west elevation has particle board siding on its walls, and a shed roof. 29.Construction History (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions: Sanborn insurance maps show that the first dwelling on this lot was constructed prior to 1893, and that it was replaced by another dwelling, located at the northwest corner of the lot, sometime between 1900 and 1908. Boulder County Assessor records list 1918 as the current dwelling's date of construction. This date is plausible given the home's Crafstman detailing. It is possible, though, that the earlier dwelling here was incorporated into the new house's construction in 1918. 23. Landscape or setting special features: This property is located at the northeast corner of LaFarge Avenue and Walnut Street, a block west of Louisville's Main Street. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects nla IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate Actual 1918 Source of information: Boulder County Assessor records 26. Architect: unknown Source of information: nla 27. Builder/ Contractor: unknown Source of information: n/a 28. Original owner: Michael and Ora Forte family Source of information: "Forte" no author, n.d. (Biographical manuscript relating the history of the Forte family, on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.) 30. Original location: Moved Date of move(s) yes no nla