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Resource Number: 5BL 7996 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405010 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Cultural Resource Re-evaluation Form 1. Resource Number: 5BL 7996 2. Temp. Resource Number: 157508405010 2A. Address: 909 La Farge Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 Previous address prior to 1939: 406 La Farge. Louisville addresses were changed in 1939. LaFarge is sometimes spelled La Farge. 3. Attachments 4. Official determination (check as many as apply) (OAHP USE ONLY) X Photographs _ Determined Eligible X Site sketch map _ Determined Not Eligible X U.S.G.S. map photocopy _ Need Data _ Other _ Nominated _ Other _ Listed Contributing to N.R. District Not Contributing to N.R. Dist 5. Resource Name: Historic Name: Buffo House, Zado house. Current Name: Thomas House 6. Purpose of this current site visit (check as many as apply) Site is within a current project area X Resurvey X Update of previous site form(s) Surface collection Testing to determine eligibility Excavation Other Describe This property is within the Jefferson Place Subdivision in Louisville, which is being evaluated for historic district potential in 2010 — 2012. resurvey is part of the historic district evaluation process. OAH P 1405 Rev. 9/98 This 7. Previous Recordings: Architectural Inventory Form 2000, as part of "Old Town" Louisville Historical Building Survey by Carl McWilliams of Cultural Resource Historians. 8. Changes or Additions to Previous Descriptions: The exterior siding appears to be masonite rather than vinyl, and its color in 2012 is blue. The 8-light window on the front facade has been changed to a single -light fixed "picture" window, and exterior trim has been replaced. There is a small gabled hood with a shallow arched wood fascia over the front entrance, supported on 2x4 brackets. The front entrance steps have been changed from concrete to wood. Garage siding is now blue. Construction History: The original ca. 1892 house may have been enlarged around 1910. It had an open front porch that was enclosed after 1948. An addition to the southwest corner was built around 1948. The garage was built in 1985. An addition to the west side was constructed in 2006. It seems likely that the siding, trim, windows and front canopy modifications were built at the same time, since they have been modified after 2000. The original siding was wood, which may have been changed to vinyl at some point, and more recently to masonite. A shed -roofed addition to the west elevation was noted as being fairly recent in 2000, but it has been removed or encased within the 2006 west addition. 1