1045 LaFarge Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL851 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Single Dwelling 32. Intermediate use(s): Single Dwelling 33. Current use(s): Single Dwelling 34. Site type(s): Residence 35. Historical Background This house was reportedly built in 1904 by Herman Fischer for the DiFrancia family. The DiFrancias (the name is spelled variously as DiFrancia, Di Francia, Francia, and Franzia), came to Louisville around the turn of the twentieth century. They were long-time Louisville saloon owners, operating what was to become the Old Louisville Inn on Front Street for many years during the early 1900s. The DiFrancia family owned and lived here into the early 1930s. During the late 1930s and 1940s, this was the home of Robert and Mary Jacoe. Robert, along with his brothers Eliseo and Frank, immigrated to the United States from Italy in the early 1900s. Robert was a coal miner, and in 1936 was employed by the Louisville -Lafayette Coal Company. The Jacoes' daughter Elaine, became a teacher in the late 1930s. Two high school teachers, Elma Krister, and Frieda Newrock, boarded with the Jacoes for a time in the early 1940s. In the 1960s, and into the early 1970s, this property was owned by John S. Fry. The property's current owners, Donald S. and Barbara W. McKee, have lived and owned here since 1974. 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. Mehls, Steven F., Mehls, Carol Drake, and Fell, James E. Jr. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory Record", (1045 LaFarge Avenue), August 2, 1985. On file at the Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Denver, CO. Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Company Publishers. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908.