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Resource Number: 5BL 7990
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508414008
<br />rear yards and mature landscaping. Small, carefully maintained single-family residences predominate. Most of
<br />the houses are wood framed, one or one and one-half stories in height, featuring white or light-colored
<br />horizontal wood or steel siding, gabled or hipped asphalt shingled roofs and front porches. While many of the
<br />houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been
<br />preserved.
<br />821 La Farge is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the
<br />neighborhood. The front yard is shallow and grassy. The rear yard is deep and narrow, enclosed with chicken
<br />wire and chain link fencing. There is a large blue spruce tree in the back yard.
<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 new information about the history of 821 La Farge.
<br />After a succession of early owners, 821 La Farge became the home of the Beretta family for twenty-four years and
<br />the Milano family for forty-eight years. Both were Italian families. It also has a connection to the Coet family, as do
<br />809 La Farge (5BL7986) and 817 La Farge (5BL7989).
<br />Jefferson Place developer Charles Welch sold this property (Lot 6 of Block 5) to Phillis Eggleston in 1881. The
<br />owners between 1881 and 1908, in order, were: John Taylor, John Helkowski (Hickowski), John Zurick (Zurik),
<br />Joseph Stelmach, John Clements, Rudolph Balzarini, Thomas LaCioppo (LaCioppa), Joseph Letze (Litzi), Baptiste
<br />Concina, John Dionigi, and Pietro Antonio Fabrizio. Several of these owners were from families associated with other
<br />homes in Jefferson Place.
<br />As noted in the 2000 historical survey for this house, Boulder County lists 1905 as the year of construction for this
<br />house, but the 1893, 1900, and 1908 Sanborn maps all depict a house in the correct location that was unchanged
<br />over the years. Based on this evidence, it was concluded in that report that the date of construction was circa 1885.
<br />The house is also shown on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville.
<br />The homes on the west side of the 800 block of La Farge were characterized by shifting addresses over the years.
<br />However, reliable information about this house was located using a combination of property ownership records and
<br />Louisville directories, which did correlate to one another, although the addresses changed over the years.
<br />Luigi (Louis) Beretta (also given as Baretta) purchased 821 La Farge in 1908 and he lived in this home with his wife,
<br />Enrichetta, and their children, Libera and Alve. The Beretta family is listed in Louisville directories as living at "324"
<br />La Farge in 1916 and at "318" La Farge in 1918, 1921, 1923, and 1926 (these being addresses under Louisville's old
<br />address system). They are also shown in the correct location in the census records for 1920 and 1930, although the
<br />family could not be found in the 1910 census for Louisville.
<br />Luigi Beretta was born in Italy in about 1878 and came to the US in 1907. Enrichetta Beretta was born in Italy in
<br />about 1877 and came to the US in 1908 with their daughter, Libera, who was also born in Italy. The 1908 passenger
<br />list specifically notes that the destination of mother and daughter was Louisville, Colorado, where they would be
<br />joining Luigi. Alve was born in 1910 in Louisville. Luigi Beretta sold the property in 1932, or at least that is the year in
<br />which the deed was recorded with the County.
<br />Between 1932 and 1950, the owners consisted of Rudy Berardi, J.C. Venette, Lester and Lillian Hefton, Albert and
<br />Julienne Wilbaut, and Mary Vanderstraton. In 1935, the Berardi family was living at "336" La Farge, and by the time
<br />the Heftons were living here in 1943, the address was 821, as it is today. When the Wilbauts lived here in 1946, the
<br />address was given as 823 La Farge.
<br />In 1950, Angela Milano purchased 821 La Farge and it became a home for the Milano family for forty-eight years,
<br />until 1998 when it passed out of the family.
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