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Resource Number: 5BL852 Temporary Resource Number: 157508414012 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Cultural Resource Re-evaluation Form 1. Resource Number: 5BL852 2. Temp. Resource Number: 157508414012 OAH P 1405 Rev. 9/98 2A. Address: 801 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (Previous address prior to 1939: 306 LaFarge. Louisville addresses were changed in 1939. LaFarge is sometimes spelled La Farge. Alternate addresses may be 801 La Farge and 306 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: Eberharter/Smith House Current Name: Reis 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. Architectural Inventory Record Form 1982 as part of Louisville Historical Survey by Steven R. Whissen of the City of Louisville 8. Changes or Additions to Previous Descriptions: Construction History: The house was built between 1882 and 1903. Its exact construction date is unknown. In the 1930s the basement under the house and the adjacent store was excavated by hand. The basements were, and continue to be, one continuous basement. Between 1950 and 1956, the house was moved east by about 15 feet and north by 3 or 4 feet. Prior to 1950, the open corner porches on the first and second floors were filled in. The current wood windows in these locations may have been taken from some other building since they appear to be of historic design and construction. After 1950, south side windows on the one-story south wing were replaced with smaller windows in different openings. Aluminum siding replaced the original wood siding on the entire building in 1982. 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 1