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Resource Number: 5BL 11285 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405009 20. Special features: Porch, fence 21. General architectural description: This building is a modular home faced with tan brick. The building is one story, long and narrow, with a side gable roof covered with light gray asphalt shingles. The primary facade faces east to La Farge Avenue. The foundation is concrete. On the north and south elevations, the brick veneer extends from the foundation to the window sills with vertical scored composition siding above. The front entrance has a concrete porch with 4 concrete steps down to the sidewalk. The porch is sheltered by an extension of the main gable roof, supported on two black wrought iron posts. The front door is a white metal panel door with a fan light. There is a white aluminum storm door. Windows are white aluminum sliders. On the rear (west) side, the gable roof overhangs a concrete stoop and step. The back door is a white metal panel door with a white aluminum storm/screen door. 22. Architectural style/building type: Modular 23. Landscaping or special setting features: Jefferson Place Subdivision is a historic residential neighborhood adjacent to downtown Louisville. The subdivision is laid out on a standard urban grid of narrow, deep lots with rear alleys. Houses are built to a fairly consistent setback line along the streets with small front lawns, deep rear yards and mature landscaping. Small, carefully maintained single-family residences predominate. Most of the houses are wood framed, one or one and one-half stories in height, featuring white or light-colored horizontal wood or steel siding, gabled or hipped asphalt shingled roofs and front porches. While many of the houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been preserved. 913 LaFarge is a modular home that varies in some ways from the neighborhood character. A zoning variance was required when it was built in 1976 because the lot, like many in Jefferson Place, is so narrow. The building is set close to the front sidewalk, like the others on the block, with a shallow front yard. Its narrow facade and the presence of a front porch are also consistent traits. The brick veneer and the very long side gable are outside of the norm in Jefferson Place. The back yard is grassy with a brick patio, and enclosed with a combination of wood fencing and chicken wire fencing. The north side yard is enclosed with a chain link fence. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: At the alley, there is an open carport with a concrete slab, covered with corrugated fiberglass on redwood joists spanning between two storage sheds that are both faced with painted tan horizontal composition siding. The north shed has a gable roof with tan asphalt shingles and boxed eaves, and a white solid wood door opening south to the carport. The south shed has a shallowly -sloped corrugated fiberglass roof and wood -sided parapet walls. The roof slopes down to the north. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1976 Source of information: City of Louisville building permit files 26. Architect: Fort Lupton Modular Builders Source of information: City of Louisville building permit files 27. Builder/Contractor: Fort Lupton Modular Builders Source of information: City of Louisville building permit files 28. Original owner: Luciano Colabello Source of information: City of Louisville building permit files 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): A previous house was built on the lot in ca. 1890. It was demolished in 1976 and the current modular home was constructed in its place. It does not appear to have been modified since its original construction. 30. Original location X Moved Date of move(s): 2