810 Spruce St Historic Survey 2013

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Resource Number: 5BL8026 Temporary Resource Number: 157508425001 least one window that has been reduced in size and changed from single -hung to a slider. The asbestos -clad wing at the northeast corner of the house was a garage in 1950, but was converted to living space prior to 2000. 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 houses have been modified over the years, most of the historic character -defining features have been preserved. 810 Spruce is an unusual example of a stucco exterior finish in Jefferson Place. Stucco is not the original finish on the building. The building is set very close to the public alley on the east and to the public sidewalk on the north. A grassy yard west of the house is partially enclosed by a tall chain link fence to the south and by a chicken wire fence to the west. Along the east alley, the property has a graveled area for private on -site parking, and a covered patio with a lattice privacy screen built up against the house. 9. Changes in Condition: None. 10. Changes to Location or Size Information: None. 11. Changes in Ownership: Same family but new address: Louise Bonelli Bennett, 3302 Hollowtree Dr., Oceanside, CA 92054 12. Other Changes, Additions, or Observations: Further research has yielded more information about the ownership and use of the building. This house has been owned by members of the same family for sixty years, since 1951. Also, it has been stated by two people, including the husband of the current owner, that this was a historic house that was moved to the current site from elsewhere. The practice of relocating the small, wooden buildings typical of the Louisville area was certainly not an uncommon occurrence, historically. In particular, people are known to have moved mine camp houses when coal mines closed. However, many types of small buildings, not only mine camp houses, were moved from place to place in this area. Under the assumption that this house was relocated, an attempt was made to ascertain its original location, but that information could not be found. The 1893 Sanborn map shows a dwelling in this location that was gone by the time of the 1900 and 1908 Sanborn maps. An aerial photo believed to date from the 1930s (Louisville Historical Museum catalog #99-09-01) shows that there was no building on this site at the time of the photo. An aerial photo dated 1949 (LHM catalog #2009.017) does show the current building on this site. This would suggest that the house, if moved there, was moved between the 1930s and 1949. The County Assessor card for 810 Spruce, which is mislabeled on the card as 804 Spruce, does include a photo of the current house. The card is dated 1950, which is unusual because most of the Jefferson Place assessor cards were prepared in 1948. This may suggest that this house was not on this lot in 1948. Boulder County gives the date of construction for this house as 1910. This could be true if the house was indeed relocated. If it is a relocated house, there is not any way to verify this date since the original location is not known at this time. Louisville addresses were changed in 1937. However no other address was identified as having been used for this house. This is consistent with the assumption that it was not on this lot before 1937. 2