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Resource Number: 5BL 7996
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508405010
<br />Landscape or special setting description: Jefferson Place Subdivision is a historic residential neighborhood
<br />adjacent to downtown Louisville. The subdivision is laid out on a standard urban grid of narrow, deep lots with
<br />rear alleys. Houses are built to a fairly consistent setback line along the streets with small front lawns, deep
<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 />909 La Farge is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the
<br />neighborhood. This deep, narrow, mid -block lot is typical of many in Jefferson Place. The house is set close to
<br />the front sidewalk, with a small, open front yard. The rear yard is enclosed by a 6-foot wood privacy fence and
<br />not visible. The garage is at the rear of the lot, opening to the alley.
<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 909 La Farge.
<br />This house is one of several in Jefferson Place with which the Buffo family was associated, in addition to 709 Walnut
<br />(5BL11324), 711 Walnut (5BL11325), 913 La Farge (5BL11285), 920 La Farge (5BL7999), 936 La Farge (5BL8002),
<br />and 937 La Farge (5BL11286). It was also owned by the Zado family for fifty-five years. Members of the Zado family
<br />also owned or resided in other houses in the 900 block of La Farge, including next door at 901 La Farge (5BL7995).
<br />Charles C. Welch, the developer of Jefferson Place, sold this property to Antonio Lessolo (also given in historical
<br />records as Lissolo and Lissola) by 1893. He was a miner, was likely from Italy based on his name, and he was listed
<br />in the 1892 Louisville directory. In the 1904 directory, "A." Lissola and his wife, Maggie, were listed as living on La
<br />Farge between Walnut and Caledonia. Caledonia was then, and is now, three blocks north of Walnut, so this was
<br />likely a reference to this location. Bert Lissola, who may have been a brother, was also listed as living on La Farge
<br />between Walnut and Caledonia.
<br />The 2000 survey completed on this property showed evidence that the house was likely originally constructed in circa
<br />1890, despite the fact that Boulder County listed its year of construction as 1900. The house is shown on the 1893,
<br />1900, and 1908 Sanborn maps, and on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map.
<br />Online County records indicate that 909 La Farge was purchased by Dominic Buffo in 1926. Dominic (1900-1976), a
<br />coal miner, had grown up at 936 La Farge as the son of Michael and Maria Buffo, and his sister owned and resided
<br />at 937 La Farge. Dominic married Lillian Mae Majors (1902-1990) in 1921. Their son, William Buffo, was born in the
<br />house at 909 La Farge in 1931, and they also had three other children.
<br />Louisville directories show that the Buffos lived at 909 La Farge from at least 1930 to 1936. The address at the time,
<br />under Louisville's old address system, was 406 La Farge. Dominic Buffo also owned 913 La Farge, next door, from
<br />1934 to 1943. He would come to be primarily associated with 709 Walnut in Jefferson Place, where he and Lillian
<br />Buffo made their home for many years.
<br />The Zado family of Louisville owned this house for fifty-five years, from 1944 to 1999. They are listed as living at this
<br />location in Louisville directories beginning in 1946.
<br />Joseph Zado (1910-1993) and Mary Kuretich (1913-1992) were married in 1936 in New Mexico and came to
<br />Louisville in 1940. They had children Helen (Schmitt) and Mildred (Benshoof). Joseph Zado worked as a coal miner
<br />and was known to be an excellent craftsman. Census records show that the Zado family was Slovenian but from
<br />Italy. It is believed that Joseph's parents, also named Joseph and Mary Zado, lived in Louisville as well. The Kuretich
<br />family was originally from Razdrto, Slovenia. Mary's brothers, Frank, Victor, and Phillip Kuretich, also came and
<br />settled in the Louisville area.
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