609 LaFarge_small Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL11282 Temporary Resource Number: 157508435009 contains a hedge. The deep, narrow rear yard contains mature trees and is enclosed with a six-foot wood privacy fence. In front of this house, and other houses on this same block, there are decorative concrete pavers, some square, some round, with inset brightly colored marbles and tiles, and marked with children's handprints. They are signed and dated 2006 and were made by children at the Louisville Preschool (5BL920), which is down the block and across the street at 628 LaFarge. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a freestanding outbuilding at the west end of the lot. This consists of a one -car garage opening onto the alley with a painted wood overhead garage door, and a workroom or sunroom on the south side. The building has a front gable roof covered with light gray asphalt shingles. Siding is plywood painted tan with white trim. There are two shed -roofed additions on the north side. The south side has a large picture window and a pair of single -hung wood windows, 6/1 divided light. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1893 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County records state that the house was constructed in 1896. Based upon Sanborn maps of 1893 and 1908, the house appears to have been constructed by 1893, but may have been moved to the adjacent lot to the south by 1908. 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: N/A 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: N/A 28. Original owner: William and Eliza Leslie Source of information: Boulder County Clerk & Recorder property records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): Boulder County records identify the date of construction as 1896. However, based upon Sanborn maps for 1893, 1900, and 1908, it appears that the original one-story part of this house (or one with a similar footprint) was built by1893 on the adjacent lot to the north, and moved to its current location by 1908. In 1976, the Louisville Urban Renewal Authority (LURA), a self -described "Program for neighborhood improvement, City of Louisville", accomplished numerous modifications for then -owners Pamela and J. Slade Dingman. This work included a one- story bedroom addition on the north side; raising the roof and ceiling joists to create a minimum 7'-6" interior ceiling height; removal of two chimneys; replacement of all wood siding with new particle board horizontal lap siding; replacement of gutters and downspouts; replacement of existing electrical service; a new heating system; replacement of wood foundation with concrete foundation; a new concrete foundation for the existing earthen cellar; and correction of other code violations. A building permit for a detached two -car garage was issued in 1986. This is presumably the same structure as the current outbuilding. In 1988, Pancoast Construction obtained a building permit for the second floor addition on the west side of the main house. Charles Pancoast was also the property owner at the time. The triangular window in the front porch gable appears to have been added between 1958 and 1960. At an unknown date after 1960, the front porch was enclosed and fitted with fixed wood, full -height windows. A skylight was added to the south side of the original house at an unknown date after 1960. It is likely this occurred in 1988 when the second floor was added. 30. Original location Moved X Date of move(s): The house may have been moved from Lot 8 to Lot 9 between 1900 and 1908, based upon Sanborn maps. 3