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Resource Number: 5BL 7995 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405011 For directories from the 1950s and 1960s, Tony and Anna Udovich are listed as residing at 901 La Farge. Tony was a coal miner for thirty-six years and worked in at least the Centennial Mine in this area. He also worked at Rocky Flats and retired from there in 1976. Anna was employed at Remington Arms munitions factory in Denver from 1942 to 1945; at Toney LaSalle's Furniture Store on Main Street in Louisville in the 1950s; and at the University of Colorado until 1969. They were active in the St. Louis Catholic Church and the Elks Club, among other organizations. Their obituaries indicate that they did not have children, but did have many close relatives in the Louisville area. No specific history regarding 717 Walnut could be located. This property was sold in 2004, following the death of Anna Udovich, and it left the Udovich family after sixty-one years (and it was fifty-six years since the new house at 901 La Farge had been constructed). Sources of Information Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through http://recorder.bouldercounty.org. Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com . Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909. Louisville, Colorado cemetery records, accessed at http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/boulder/cemeteries/louisville.txt Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. 13. National Register Eligibility Assessment: Eligible Not eligible X Need data Explain: The property lacks sufficient significance to be individually eligible to the National Register. Both houses do have a high degree of integrity relative to their initial construction. Both have integrity of location, setting, design, workmanship, feeling and association. Only integrity of materials is lacking, due to replacement siding. 13A. Colorado State Register: Eligible Not Eligible X 13B. Louisville Local Landmark: Eligible X Not Eligible 901 LaFarge is locally significant as the 56-year residence of Slovenian -born coal miner Tony Uvodich and his family. The association with European immigrants and coal mining makes it locally significant. 901 LaFarge has a high degree of integrity, lacking only integrity of materials. Since no historic information was found regarding 717 Walnut, it cannot be considered landmark eligible until further data can be found. 13C. Historic District Potential: Jefferson Place is eligible as a State Register and local historic district. There is potential for a National Register historic district. Both houses are contributing. 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 3