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ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY: <br />612 Jefferson Avenue is a simple wood frame cross gable with no definitive style. Changes to <br />the exterior over time have made it appear similar to other examples of a modest minimal ranch, <br />but the subject property was built much earlier than that period. It has asymmetrical massing, a <br />one-story square plan, a low pitched roof, a variety of window types and a shallow front porch at <br />the entrance. It has a concrete stoop and one concrete step up from the sidewalk. <br />The porch is covered by a shed roof of light green corrugated fiberglass on black wrought iron <br />posts. The entrance door faces west. Windows are non -historic white aluminum sliders with <br />aluminum storm/screen sash, with green fiberglass curved -front awnings on clear aluminum <br />frames. The southeast corner of the house is an enclosed original porch. It has a low -slope roof <br />covered with gray asphalt roll roofing. <br />The southeast porch was enclosed between 1948 and 1976. Windows were replaced in <br />modified openings in 1965. In 1976, the southwest porch roof was constructed and siding was <br />replaced. The carport was built in 1983. <br />CRITERIA FOR DEMOLITION REVIEW: <br />The Historic Preservation Commission should review the demolition permit application based <br />upon any of the following criteria in Section 15.36.200(H) of the Louisville Municipal Code <br />LMC : <br />Criteria <br />Meets <br />Criteria? <br />Evaluation <br />1. The eligibility of the building for <br />Yes <br />AA e <br />designation as an individual <br />The principal structure at 612 <br />landmark consistent with the <br />Jefferson Avenue was constructed in <br />purposes and standards in this <br />1900 making it 121 years old. <br />chapter; <br />a. Age <br />Significance <br />b. Significance <br />This house is associated with the <br />c. Physical Integrity <br />historic development of Louisville as <br />one of the early homes in Louisville's <br />first residential subdivision, Jefferson <br />Place. Although Jefferson Place was <br />platted in 1880, few homes were <br />actually built there before 1900. The <br />property has a long association with <br />two coal mining families, the LeComte <br />and Hicks families. <br />Integrity <br />The structure remains it its original <br />location and has not been moved. The <br />property has integrity of location, <br />setting, workmanship, feeling and <br />association. Integrity of materials is <br />compromised by replacement siding. <br />Integrity of design is compromised by <br />13 <br />