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SUMMARY: <br />The applicant is requesting: <br />• Landmark designation for the property at 501 Jefferson Avenue. <br />• An alteration certificate allowing changes related to restoration and rehabilitation work to <br />the existing structure that consists of window rehabilitation. <br />• A Preservation and Restoration Grant in the amount of $7,436. With the $5,000 <br />incentive grant for landmarking, the total grant award would be $12,436. <br />Staff recommendations: <br />• Staff recommends approval of the landmark request. The property meets the <br />requirements for age, significance, and integrity. <br />• Staff recommends approval of the alteration certificate as the existing windows in the <br />original portion of the house are replacement wood double -hung windows in their original <br />openings. <br />• Staff recommends approval of the applicant's grant request. The applicant's total project <br />cost for the windows is $14,872, making the matching portion equal $7,436. <br />HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from Bridget Bacon, Louisville Historical Museum <br />In 1893, John Connell, who had helped to establish the <br />Acme Mine, platted the subdivision of Acme Place. It <br />.0'r"C'd <br />ry" <br />established the 500 blocks of Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and <br />s <br />La Farge Avenues. The Acme Place subdivision was the <br />�= <br />j <br />fourth addition to original Louisville and developed due to its <br />a <br />a <br />proximity to the Acme Mine. <br />The lots where 501 Jefferson Avenue is now located were <br />- <br />originally owned by the Acme Mining Company and later the <br />-- - <br />- <br />Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. In 1948, these lots were <br />sold to William and Ruth Leslie. The Assessor Card for 501 <br />z, <br />„44 <br />Jefferson, dated 1948, does not contain a date of <br />- - <br />construction, but states that the house was relocated from <br />__ <br />9 <br />the Columbine Mine in 1948. <br />William "Bill" Leslie was born in Louisville in 1897. In 1926,--"---- <br />he married Ruth Wellerd and they eventually had four "� - <br />,e <br />children: Donald, William, John, and Gilbert. Bill worked at 1%aTcviixson sr. <br />the Matchless Mine and retired from mining in 1941. <br />Following that, he worked as a marshal/patrolman from Lots I5-17, Acme Place <br />1947-1964 and monitored Louisville for "speeders, drunk <br />driving cases, traffic accidents, illegal gambling, teenager pranks, and unruly conduct at the <br />town's taverns." The property sold in 1974 following his death. <br />11 <br />