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Amelia Brackett Hogstad <br />From: <br />Gary Dunlap <garyd@frii.net> <br />Sent: <br />Saturday, February 18, 2023 9:27 AM <br />To: <br />jenni sing ingcookstore.com <br />Cc: <br />Amelia Brackett Hogstad <br />Subject: <br />Re: March DD! <br />Proposed text: <br />The Stecker-Kerr House <br />633 LaFarge Avenue <br />Early Louisville contained several family home complexes. One of these was the Stecker homes. The original home in the <br />group was 633 LaFarge, built around 1900. Then 720 Pine was built in 1902, and 722 Pine in 1908. All were built by <br />carpenter Herman Fischer. All three houses were in the same family for over 100 years. <br />Agatha and Joseph Stecker (or Stecher or Stacher) came from Austria in 1881. The Steckers kept cows and sold milk, <br />delivered in 5-pound lard pails, according to a family history. The Steckers' daughter Annie married Robert Kerr, born in <br />Colorado of Irish and Canadian parents. Daughters Alma and Bertha lived at 633 LaFarge. Descendants included the Kerr <br />and Brennan families. <br />633 LaFarge is a Folk Victorian -style structure. A barn and tool shed were also on the property until 2010. This area now <br />accommodates the historic Koci house, recently moved from 1201 Lincoln. <br />For more information about Louisville's Historic Preservation Program contact Amelia Brackett Hogstad, 303-335-4594, <br />abrackett(cDlouisvilleco.gov . <br />15 <br />