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Resource Number: 5BL921 Temporary Resource Number: 157508435012 Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum, including: Brennan, Alma Kerr. "Stecker-Kerr-Brennan- McWilliams: A Short History of Five Generations of Louisville People, 1870-1988." 13. National Register Eligibility Assessment: Eligible Not eligible X Need data Explain: This house is associated with the historic development of Louisville as one of the early twentieth- century homes in Louisville's first residential subdivision, Jefferson Place. Although Jefferson Place was platted in 1880, little housing construction occurred until the early 1900s. It is significant for its architecture, as a good example of a Late Victorian style house. However, recent modifications to the front porch and south side window opening impact integrity of design and materials to the extent that the property is not individually eligible to the National Register. The building is significant for its association with European (Austrian) immigrant coal - mining families who flocked to Colorado's coal mining communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. It is especially significant because it has been owned by a single family throughout its existence, up to the present day. The association with Austrian coal -mining immigrants is important, but not sufficiently significant for the property to be eligible to the National Register. 13A. Colorado State Register and Louisville Local Landmark: Eligible X This property is individually eligible for the State Register under Criterion C for architecture as a good example of a Late Victorian style house (period of significance 1900-08). The property is eligible as a Louisville Landmark for architecture, and also because it is associated with the historic development of Louisville as one of the early twentieth-century homes in Louisville's first residential subdivision, Jefferson Place. Although Jefferson Place was platted in 1880, little housing construction occurred until the early 1900s. The building is significant for its association with European (Austrian) immigrant coal -mining families who flocked to Colorado's coal mining communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in search of economic opportunities they could not find in their own countries. It is especially significant because it has been owned by a single family throughout its existence, up to the present day. 13B. Historic District Potential: This building is contributing to a Jefferson Place State Register or local historic district, and contributing to a potential Jefferson Place National Register historic district. There is also potential for a small State Register and local historic district comprised of this building along with the associated adjacent houses at 722 Pine Street (5BL11317) and 720 Pine Street (5BL11316) located just to the west. All three properties have been in the same family for over 100 years, and for 633 La Farge, the ownership by one family has continued for nearly 130 years. Part of the significance of the history of these properties is that they reflect the early settlement of Louisville by numerous German-speaking immigrants. This potential small State and local historic district is significant under Criterion A, Ethnic Heritage, European, but needs data to establish what ethnic or cultural traditions are significant as a result of the family's immigration to Louisville. 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. 4