701 705 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11294 Temporary Resource Number: 157508492001(701 Jefferson) Temporary Resource Number: 157508492001 (705 Jefferson) D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) X Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria 39. Area(s) of significance (National Register): NA 40. Period of significance: NA 41. Level of significance: NA National State Local 42. Statement of significance: This property is associated with the historic development of Louisville as it contains two of the early homes in Louisville's first residential subdivision, Jefferson Place. 701 Jefferson may be the first residence built in the subdivision. It is worthy of nomination as a local landmark due to its long, 75-year association with the locally significant Ferguson and Beveridge families, who were early immigrants from Scotland and associated with coal mining. Jane Beveridge Todd and Otto Todd first opened the local theatre by 1910, and it operated as a movie theatre until 1977. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: 701 Jefferson has integrity of location, setting, workmanship, feeling and association. Integrity of design is compromised by prominent additions and modifications to window sizes and locations. Integrity of materials is compromised by replacement siding. 705 Jefferson has integrity of location, setting, workmanship, feeling and association. Integrity of design is compromised by prominent additions and modifications to window sizes and locations. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Eligible Not Eligible X Need Data 45. Is there National Register district potential? Yes X No Historic District Potential: Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register and local historic district. There is potential for a National Register historic district. The main house would be a contributing structure to a State Register and local historic district, and to a potential National Register historic district. The garage would be non-contributing. Discuss: This building is being recorded as part of a 2010-2011 intensive -level historical and architectural survey of Jefferson Place, Louisville's first residential subdivision, platted in 1880. The purpose of the survey is to determine if there is potential for National Register, State Register or local historic districts. Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register historic district under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European, for its association with European immigrants who first lived here and whose descendants continued to live here for over fifty years. The period of significance for the State Register historic district is 1881 — 1980. Jefferson Place is potentially eligible as a National Register historic district under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European. However it needs data to determine dates of some modifications, and to more definitely establish the significant impacts of various European ethnic groups on the local culture of Louisville. The period of significance of a National Register district is 1881 — 1963. Jefferson Place is eligible as a local Louisville historic district under local Criterion B, Social, as it exemplifies the cultural and social heritage of the community. European immigrant families flocked to Colorado coal mining communities, including Louisville, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. Louisville's Welch Coal Mine, along with other mines in the area, recruited skilled workers from western Europe. In the early years before 1900, most of the miners who lived in Jefferson Place came from English-speaking countries. Immigrants from England brought a strong tradition and expertise in coal mining. The English are widely credited with developing the techniques of coal mining that were used locally, and they taught these techniques 8