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Resource Number: 5BL 7999
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508404003
<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 />920 La Farge is consistent with these patterns and blends well with the scale and character of the
<br />neighborhood. It is on a mid -block double lot and thus wider than some others properties in Jefferson Place.
<br />The house is set close to the front sidewalk along La Farge. The grassy back yard is enclosed by a wood fence
<br />on the north and a chain link fence on the south.
<br />9. Changes in Condition: None.
<br />10. Changes to Location or Size Information: None.
<br />11. Changes in Ownership: New owners are Graham Jackson and Connie Rodman, 920 LaFarge, Louisville CO
<br />12. Other Changes, Additions, or Observations:
<br />Further research has yielded new information about the history of 920 La Farge, which had owners with families who
<br />were associated with several other houses in the Jefferson Place Addition.
<br />From 1891 to 1993, for one hundred and two years, this property was owned by the connected Fenolia and Enrietto
<br />families who came from the small town of Prascorsano, Province of Torino, Italy. The name Fenolia was changed
<br />from the original Fenoglio or Fenoglia.
<br />Today, this property includes both Lot 6 and 7, Block 3, Jefferson Place. Historically, these two lots were owned
<br />separately and there was a house on each lot.
<br />In 1891, Battista Fenoglia acquired Lot 7 from Antonio Carruba. Possibly due to variations in spellings of his name, it
<br />could not be ascertained from the online County property records who owned Lot 7 before him, or if Carruba
<br />purchased it directly from Jefferson Place developer Charles C. Welch.
<br />In 1904, Louisa Fenoglia acquired Lot 6, which had been the site of a house owned by Martin Zurick, Sr. for at least
<br />eleven years. (The Zurick family was also associated with other homes in Jefferson Place.)
<br />It is believed that between 1904 and 1909, the house on Lot 6 was torn down and the house on Lot 7 was enlarged
<br />and was extended partway onto Lot 6 to the south.
<br />Boulder County states that the house was constructed in 1905. However, the 1893 Sanborn map shows a house on
<br />Lot 7 (as does the 1900 Sanborn map). A reasonable interpretation of this information is that the original house was
<br />constructed before 1893, and was then enlarged and remodeled in circa 1905. The 2000 survey report on 920 La
<br />Farge indicated that it was a possibility that the earlier dwelling was incorporated into the current dwelling in 1905.
<br />The 1908 Sanborn map and the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map both show an enlarged house on Lot 7.
<br />Battista Fenolia and Louisa Buffo Fenolia were both born in Prascorsano, Italy, Battista in 1850 and Louisa in 1862.
<br />He immigrated in the 1870s, while she came in May 1880 to Oklahoma. By June 2, 1880, they were married.
<br />According to Louisa's obituary, she and Battista had been neighbors in their town in Italy. In 1884, they came to
<br />Marshall, a mining community near Louisville. Their residence in the Louisville area was recorded in the 1885
<br />Colorado state census. Battista worked as a coal miner.
<br />The Fenolia family is shown as living in this location on the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census records. In 1900,
<br />Battista and Louisa were living at 920 La Farge with their six children: Tony, Domenica (Kate Allera), Christine
<br />(Zarini), Mary (DiFrancia), Rose (Liley), and James.
<br />Over the years, members of the Fenolia extended family also lived in the house. In 1910, daughter Kate Allera was
<br />living here with her two sons, Joe and John, following the death of her husband in 1905. In 1920, Battista and Louisa
<br />took in grandson Marion DiFrancia after the death of their daughter, Mary DiFrancia, in childbirth in 1916. Marion's
<br />twin, Myron, was being raised at this time by his DiFrancia grandparents at 1045 La Farge (5BL851).
<br />The Fenolia children became contributing members of the Louisville community in their own right.
<br />Tony Fenolia and his sister Rose's husband, Charles Liley, had interests in coal mines and oil wells in the area.
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