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Resource Number: 5BL 11286 Temporary Resource Number: 157508405001 19. Primary external roof material: Asphalt 20. Special features: Fence, garage 21. General architectural description: This wood -framed apartment building is one story tall at the east end and two stories tall at the west addition. The eastern portion of the building has a shed roof and the western part is a side gable. Roofing material consists of light gray asphalt shingles. Exterior walls are clad with composition lap siding painted cream. The original house and the west addition are connected with a vestibule clad with fish scale profile masonite siding. The gable siding on the west addition is fish scale siding. Corner and fascia trim are painted light gray. The foundation is concrete. Although the building is addressed on La Farge, the primary elevation actually faces north to South Street. Windows are single hung wood sash with aluminum storm/screen sash on the north side. The east elevation has a triple set of wood sliders. Basement windows are large wood casements. The upper level of the addition has two large fixed wood windows flanked by casements. At the southeast corner of the site, a cream -painted masonite privacy fence encloses a private patio. 22. Architectural style/building type: No style 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. 937 La Farge Avenue is located on a large corner lot. It has been modified such that its character and scale are not consistent with the rest of the neighborhood. Its contemporary appearance, prominent shed roofs, and lack of architectural detailing are all different from the rest of Jefferson Place. The building is set close to the corner along both La Farge and South Street, with narrow lawn areas along both streets. The south side yard is enclosed with patio walls and chain link fencing. Although the property is addressed on La Farge, the front entrance is on South Street. The west portion of the property is an unlandscaped service yard with a garage, storage shed, and concrete drives to both South Street and the alley. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: There is a one -car garage at the northwest corner of the property. It opens north to South Street with a metal overhead door. The garage is clad with vertical composition siding painted cream. On the east side there is a wood panel door painted cream. The roof is a front gable with light gray asphalt shingles. There are two sheds in the service yard. One is a white and brown metal shed with a gambrel roof and metal doors opening to the north. The other shed is clad with cream -painted composition paneling and a flat roof covered with a temporary tarpaulin. This shed has an aluminum slider window on the north side and a wooden door opening to the east. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: 1892 Actual: Source of information: Boulder County property acquisition records 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: NA 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: NA 28. Original owner: Joseph Bammer Source of information: Boulder County property acquisition records 29. Construction history (include description and dates of major additions, alterations, or demolitions): 2