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Resource Number: 5BL 7985
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508415006
<br />808 La Farge is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the
<br />neighborhood. This narrow, mid -block lot has a shallow front yard and very narrow side yards. The house is
<br />set fairly close to the front sidewalk at La Farge. There is a deep, narrow back yard enclosed by tall privacy
<br />fences. Non -historic Mission -style lanterns flank a path leading to the back yard gate.
<br />9. Changes in Condition: None.
<br />10. Changes to Location or Size Information: None.
<br />11. Changes in Ownership: Same ownership as 2000 inventory form.
<br />12. Other Changes, Additions, or Observations:
<br />Further research has yielded more information about the ownership and use of the building.
<br />This house is primarily significant for its association with the Peter and Savina Zarini family that had its primary
<br />residence next door at 804 La Farge (5BL7983). It was owned by the Zarini family for 76 years, and for 51 of those
<br />years it was the home of the Zarini son, Ernest, and his wife, Olivia. The Zarini parents and their children and
<br />grandchildren also owned and/or lived in at least the following other houses that were close by in Jefferson Place:
<br />712 Spruce (5BL926), 801 Spruce (5BL11320), 817 Spruce (5BL8027), 808 La Farge (5BL7985), 822 La Farge
<br />(5BL7991), and 825 La Farge (5BL7993). Additionally, Peter's brother Joseph and his large family lived in the same
<br />block, at 824 La Farge (5BL7992).
<br />Earlier, however, the house was owned by the Fabrizio family of Louisville. Jefferson Place developer Charles Welch
<br />sold Lot 19 to Antonio Fabrizio (also spelled "Fabricio") in 1893, according to property records. In 1907, Antonio
<br />transferred it to Lucia Fabrizio, who then sold it to Savina Zarini in 1922 (or at least, the deed was recorded in 1922).
<br />In the 1904 Louisville directory, which is the first directory that describes the locations of residents' homes in
<br />Louisville, Tony and Julia Fabrizio are listed as living on La Farge between Spruce and Walnut, which is an accurate
<br />description of 808 La Farge. However, it is not certain that the house had yet been constructed, and it is not known
<br />for certain whether the Fabrizios were living in this location or in another house in the 800 block of La Farge.
<br />Due to there being not only more than one Antonio (or Tony) Fabrizio but also more than one Lucia (or Lucy) Fabrizio
<br />in Louisville in the early 1900s, specific biographical information about them could not be located. However, there
<br />was an Antonio Fabrizio who operated a saloon in Louisville in the 1890s. Later, the men of the Fabrizio family were
<br />known for their carpentry skills and they built many houses in Louisville.
<br />The County gives 1908 as the year of construction of this house. Certainly, it was not built later than 1908, since it
<br />appears on the 1908 Sanborn insurance map (but not on the maps for 1893 or 1900). It could also have been
<br />constructed as early as 1900, after the time of the 1900 Sanborn map. It also appears in the correct location on the
<br />1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville.
<br />The Zarini parents acquired 808 La Farge presumably to provide living space for the family's grown children and
<br />grandchildren to be near the family homestead at 804 La Farge. Peter and Savina Zarini came from northern Italy in
<br />the early 1890s and had eight children who survived to adulthood: Mary (Biella), Rachel or Rachael (Ferrari), Edyth,
<br />Ernestina (Michela), Silvio, Esterena (Lepenske, Campbell), Ernest, and Hazel (Harris). Additional biographical
<br />information about the Zarinis can be found in the report for 804 La Farge.
<br />After the Zarinis acquired it, 808 La Farge became the home of a Zarini daughter, Ernestine Zarini Michela, and her
<br />husband, Joseph, and son, Michael (according to the Louisville directory for 1923).
<br />In the 1930s, 808 La Farge became the home of another Zarini daughter, Hazel Zarini Harris, and her husband,
<br />William Harris, and their three daughters, Eileen, Nadine, and Joan. After the couple divorced in the late 1930s,
<br />Hazel Harris and her daughters lived at 801 Spruce, which was on the other side of 804 La Farge. Additional
<br />biographical information about Hazel Zarini Harris and her family can be found in the report on 801 Spruce.
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