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Resource Number: 5BL7980 Temporary Resource Number: 157508426008 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY OAHP1405 Cultural Resource Re-evaluation Form Rev. 9/98 1. Resource Number: 5BL7980 2. Temp. Resource Number: 157508426008 2A. Address: 721 La Farge Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 Previous address prior to 1939: 210 LaFarge, 230 LaFarge, 246 LaFarge Louisville addresses were changed in 1939. LaFarge is sometimes spelled La Farge, so other addresses could be 721 La Farge, 210 La Farge, 230 La Farge, and 246 La Farge. Previous addresses identified in the 2000 survey are incorrect. 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: English/Atkin/Winkler/Dionigi House Current Name: Colacci & Green 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 — 2011. 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: Construction History: Since the 2000 inventory, the house has been painted light tan with white trim. Asbestos shingles replaced wood siding at some time after 1948. Since 2000, the front entrance door has been changed to a new clear -finish, light-colored wood door with elaborate paneling and scrollwork, and an oval glass light. An attached patio cover was permitted and constructed in 1973. The porch roof columns and balusters have been modified at least twice. In the 1948 Boulder County Assessor's card photo, these are constructed of turned wood. By the 1960s, they had been replaced with metal scrollwork. By the time of the 2000 inventory, they had been replaced once again with turned wood, more similar in appearance to the original. 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 1