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SUMMARY: <br />The applicant is requesting the following: <br />• Approval of a Landmark application for the property at 917 LaFarge Avenue. <br />• Approval of an alteration certificate allowing changes related to restoration work to the <br />existing structure. <br />• Approval of a Preservation and Restoration Grant in the amount of $40,000 in addition to <br />the $5,000 incentive grant, for a total grant award of $45,000. <br />HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from 2000 and 2010 Cultural Resource Surveys <br />Boulder County records indicate that the house at 917 La Farge was <br />constructed circa 1891. Antonio (Charles) Damiana purchased the <br />property from Charles Welch, the Jefferson Place developer, in 1898. <br />Damiance was one of the earliest Italian residents of Louisville. <br />Damiana was a blacksmith at local coal mines, including the Rex. He <br />lived at 917 La Farge with his wife Angela and their seven children <br />(Mike, Joe, Rosa, Carrie, Mayme, Guy, Della). By 1920 the family <br />had relocated to Fort Lupton, possibly due to the mine strike in the <br />Louisville area. <br />By 1921 (potentially earlier) the property had sold to Antonio "Tony" <br />Porta and his wife Libra. The Portas were also among Louisville's <br />early Italian immigrants and owned several properties including 928 <br />La Farge. The Porta family had four sons, and Henry inherited the <br />property at 917 La Farge. Henry worked as a coal miner and married Edith Zarini who grew up <br />at 824 La Farge. They had nine children. Henry Porta, Jr. and his wife, Helen Mappin, inherited <br />the property in 1960. The property remained in the Porta family until 1997. <br />iLNUT <br />5r. <br />917 La Farge Avenue, Boulder County Assessor, 1948. <br />16 <br />