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Resource Number: 5BL 8002 Temporary Resource Number: 157508404001 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Cultural Resource Re-evaluation Form 1. Resource Number: 5BL 8002 2. Temp. Resource Number: 157508404001 OAH P 1405 Rev. 9/98 2A. Address: 936 La Farge Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 Previous address prior to 1939: 455 La Farge, 445 La Farge, 447 La Farge, 451 La Farge, 944 La Farge, 934 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. Current Name: Reddington 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. This resurvey is part of the historic district evaluation process. 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: There is a small hip -roofed enclosed porch on the east side of the house. The porch has a white wood door with an upper light, and a wood screen door. Exterior cladding on the house consists of asbestos siding, not shingles. Construction History: City permit files contain a permit to "repair siding and back porch", dated 1963. There is also a 1982 permit to relocate the garage from 936 La Farge to 705 Lois Drive. Window openings were significantly modified in 1978 and a brick chimney removed. Landscape or special setting description: 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 1