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Resource Number: 5BL 918 Temporary Resource Number: 157508404002 18. Roof configuration: Cross gable 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt roof 20. Special features: Fence, porch, garage, glass block 21. General architectural description: The house consists of an original one-story wood frame house with a two- story addition to the east. The building faces west to LaFarge Avenue. It is irregularly -shaped in plan. The roof is cross -gabled with gray asphalt shingles and boxed eaves. The exterior is clad with light yellow vinyl siding with a lap profile. Gable siding is white vinyl of a fish scale profile. The foundation is concrete. The front entry has a nearly full -width porch with a shallowly sloped hip roof supported on replacement turned wood posts painted white. The porch has a stained wood deck. The front door is a natural wood 4-panel door with no storm or screen door. The south side of the one-story portion has a secondary entrance with a white aluminum storm/screen door. The east end of the one-story portion has a shed roof with wood lattice. Windows on the original house are replacement 1/1 single hung white aluminum sash with white aluminum surrounds and storm/screen sash. The replacement windows appear to be in the original openings, including a tall, narrow sash in the front gable. Some windows on the south side of the original house have decorative wood head trim over the siding. The north side of the one-story portion has a shed -roofed projecting bay with one single -hung window with decorative head trim. Above the shed roof, in the second -story addition, there is a large arched fixed window. The second story addition has large windows facing west on the second floor. On the north side, there are three windows with arched transoms. On the west and south, there are small sections of three glass blocks. On the south side, there is a large pair of single hung windows with arched transoms. 22. Architectural style/building type: Other style: wood frame cross gable 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. 928 La Farge Avenue is consistent with these patterns and, as viewed from La Farge, blends well with the scale and character of the neighborhood. The large two-story addition is located behind the historic one-story house and thus is less obtrusive than it might otherwise be. The house is set close to the sidewalk, with a shallow, landscaped front yard. The back yard is enclosed with 6-foot wood privacy fencing. There is a concrete parking slab north of the garage at the alley. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a one -car garage with yellow vinyl siding, a gable roof covered with gray asphalt shingles, a white paneled metal overhead garage door, and one white metal panel door on the south side. North of the garage is a concrete slab and a basketball hoop. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1890 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County Assessor 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Antonio Porta Source of information: Warranty deed 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): 2