Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2020 11 16

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SUMMARY: • Landmark designation for 541 Jefferson Avenue and accompanying $5,000 Landmark Grant. • An alteration certificate allowing changes related to restoration and rehabilitation work to the existing structure. Staff recommendations: • Staff recommends approval of the landmark request and $5,000 Landmark Grant. The property meets the requirements for age, significance, and architectural integrity considering the proposed rehabilitation and restoration work. • Staff recommends approval of the alteration certificate. The proposed changes to the historic structure result in an appropriate rehabilitation and restoration project. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Information from Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator In 1893, John Connell, who had helped to establish the Boa ✓2,; `" a Acme Mine, platted the subdivision of Acme Place. It- covered the 500 blocks of Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and Y La Farge Avenues. The Acme Place subdivision was the; 3 fourth addition to Original Louisville and developed due to - a its proximity to the Acme Mine. o s � The lots where 541 Jefferson Avenue is now locatedin changed hands multiple times prior to their purchase by 44-- �' --- 3- - 8 -- Frank Scarpella in 1901. The house on the property was o constructed circa 1905. Peter Gambucci, a Louisville coal Q - - - - 41 miner, purchased the property in 1908 and lived there with his family until 1916. David and Emma Brimble, originally from Wales, owned the property from 1916-1919. Charles- Piccone, his wife Anna Rose (both immigrants from Italy) 2. s and their four children lived in the house from 1919-1933. Charles was an area coal miner. According to the so y z Ta Longmont Daily Times in 1926, the house at 541 Jefferson fvrcf;iiySow sT was the site of a raid during Prohibition and Charles Piccone was arrested in a "beer raid". Sarah Jane Hayes Acme Place purchased the house in 1933 and owned it through 1990. She lived there with her son, Jack, and grandson, Clifford. The house remained in the Hayes family until 1990. It has since been owned by the Bork, Silverman, Asnicar, Briggs, and Parker families.