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Resource Number: 5BL7992 Temporary Resource Number: 157508415010 Joseph walked to Marshall every day to work a 12 hour shift in the coal mines. The family attended church at the original St. Louis Catholic Church across the street. In the 1890s and early 1900s, residents of La Farge would get their water from a ditch that ran along one side of the street. According to a Zarini family history, the yard at 824 La Farge had a large vegetable garden with fruit trees and grape vines. The family kept chickens and rabbits and made wine and beer. The women did the family's wash in the shanty behind the house. There used to be large trees in front of the house. Virginia Zarini died in 1937, and Joseph in 1942. It was at this time that their son, Joe Jr., became the owner and lived in the house with his family. Joe Jr. worked as a miner and also worked for the WPA in the 1930s, helping to build Louisville High School on Main Street. He later was the night marshal for the town of Louisville. According to his daughter, Joyce, Joe was committed to the use of coal and would never allow any other type of heating system in the house. The house passed out of the Zarini family following his death in 1964. Williams Ownership 1999 - present Andy and Kelly Williams acquired this property in 1999. They retained the original home and expanded it with a 300 square foot addition to the back of the house in 2002 and a 1200 square foot, two story addition with a basement on the south side in 2006. The original porch roof posts have been re -used to support the new front porch roof. What had been a bedroom in the old house is now a dining room; the arch in the dining room was the site of the window that faced La Farge and that is visible in old photos. The wooden floor in the bedroom on the first floor is original. The remodeled interior of the house utilizes traditional detailing with crown moulding, wood base and light fixtures. Cherry wood and glass cabinets found in a dumpster on Main Street now have a home in the house. A 100 year old Granny Smith apple tree in the back yard continues to be a favorite aspect of the house and yard The Williams are active community members and the original organizers of the popular Louisville Farmers Market. Sources of information Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Library for State and Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office public records, accessed through http://recorder.bouldercounty.org . Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908. Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com . Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Oral history interview with Peter Zarina, 1988, from the Carnegie Library for State and Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Interview with the owners, Kelly and Andy Williams, by Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator, Louisville Historical Museum, 2008. 13. National Register Eligibility Assessment: Eligible Not eligible X Need data 3