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Resource Number: 5BL7981 Temporary Resource Number: 157508426007 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Cultural Resource Re-evaluation Form 1. Resource Number: 5BL7981 2. Temp. Resource Number: 157508426007 OAH P 1405 Rev. 9/98 2A. Address: 729 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 Previous address prior to 1939: 216 LaFarge. Louisville addresses were changed in 1939. LaFarge is sometimes spelled La Farge. Alternate addresses could be 729 La Farge or 216 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: Taylor/Thirlaway/Chiolino House Current Name: Gitkind 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 part of the historic district evaluation process. potential in 2010 — 2011. This resurvey is 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: Changes in property description have occurred since the 2000 survey. A wood privacy fence now surrounds the backyard. There is no longer a large fir tree in the front yard. The roofing is dark gray asphalt shingles. There is a dark gray aluminum fascia. Windows are painted white and brown. The main entrance door is painted red. There is no screen door on the front entrance. The porch floor is no longer painted red. The 2000 survey did not note that house eaves are flared. The garage is now sided with horizontal cedar siding, installed in 2000. There are two small sheds in the backyard. The northern shed has light green composition siding and a gable roof with green asphalt roll roofing. The southern shed has vertical composition siding and a shallow gable roof. Construction History: Current owner Mr. Andy Gitkind provided the following information, which he has discovered while doing work on the house. The original main entrance door was on the south side of the front porch. The south wing is an early addition that dates from 1914, since Mr. Gitkind found 1914 newspapers in the ceiling of that wing. The shed -roofed wing on the front of the property at the north end is a later addition. There is wood tongue and 1