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ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY: <br />1040 LaFarge Avenue was sampled in the PaleoWest "Stories in Places" residential <br />context, where it was recommended for recording as an example of having a very <br />distinctive pyramidal or hipped -roof on the main portion of the house with a smaller <br />front -gabled room or entry on the side. It was noted that these style homes are <br />underrepresented in Barclay Place. Five of these house styles are located on the same <br />block, including 822, 1013, 1021, and 1029 LaFarge Avenue, however four are <br />unrecorded. The building permit file includes some minor changes, such as a reroof, but <br />does not appear to include any major changes to the structure. The structure was <br />subsequently surveyed as part of PaleoWest's "100 Architectural Inventories," <br />completed in 2023. <br />Photo and floor plan of 1040 LaFarge Avenue from the 1948 Assessor Card. <br />The Historic Structure Assessment (HSA) prepared by DAJ Design in 2024 found the <br />following architectural information on the house: <br />"The residential property at 1040 LaFarge was built sometime around 1912 with very <br />few modifications made to the structure since then. A single addition to the east was <br />added prior to 1948. The east addition extended the existing form of the house and is <br />therefore difficult to distinguish without investigating the house's structure. The form of <br />the house as it existed by 1948 is still intact and is apparent when viewed from any <br />direction. The primary fagade faces west to LaFarge Avenue with the north fagade <br />facing Short Street. The building is a typical wood frame vernacular structure of the <br />Louisville area. The structure was originally built as a house and has been used as such <br />ever since. The earliest available photograph of the house is from 1948. The <br />combination of historic photographs, available building records, and observations made <br />during the site visit present clear evidence of the construction history and modifications <br />made to the structure over the years. <br />5 <br />