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2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette Survey Report ---PAGE BREAK--- Prepared for: City of Lafayette 1290 South Public Road Lafayette, CO 80026 (303) 665-5588 [EMAIL REDACTED] Prepared by: Cathleen Norman Preservation Publishing 459 South Routt Way Lakewood, CO 80226 (303) 985-2599 [EMAIL REDACTED] August 18, 2001 A Cooperative Project Conducted by: Lafayette Historic Preservation Board City of Lafayette Colorado Historical Society Preservation Publishing, Cathleen M. Norman, principal This project was funded by the City of Lafayette and partially funded by a State Historical Fund grant award from the Colorado Historical Society. ---PAGE BREAK--- Thanks to: Lafayette Mayor – Sue Klempan Lafayette Mayor Pro Tem – Todd Grant Lafayette City Council Tom Anderson, Dale Avery, Tom Hogue, Andrew Proctor, Mike Romero, Susan Wei Lafayette City Administrator – Gary Klaphake Lafayette Planning Department – Nancy Guinn Lafayette Historic Preservation Board Dana Coffield, Tom Hogue (City Councilor), Julie Kerk, Jeff Medanich, Steven Mehls, Michael Poe (Planning Commissioner), Vicki Trumbo, Patti Wilder HPB Secretary and Archivist/ Project Grant Administrator – Susan Koster Colorado Historical Society Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Suzanne Doggett and Dale Heckendorn State Historical Fund, Jonathon Held Preservation Publishing Project consultant Cathleen Norman, photographer Carole Cardone, intern Brenda Weissmann Lafayette Historical Society Glenda Chermak, Jim and Beth Hutchison Cover photographs Churches: former St. Ida’s Catholic Church at 111 West Cannon, historic photo of First Baptist Church at 200 West Cleveland Residences: (left to right) 301 West Cleveland, 111 West Geneseo, 103 West Cannon ---PAGE BREAK--- i Table of Contents Survey Survey Map Historic Early West Lafayette Development, 1907 - Post World War II Residential Development, 1945 - Research Survey Survey Building Public Architectural Neighborhood A. Additions B. Construction Dates C Reconaissance Survey D. Recommended Intensive Survey E. Previously Record for Lafayette and E1 F. Methodology for Identifying Moved Houses ---PAGE BREAK--- ii Colorado Map, with late 1800s railroad lines and location of Lafayette. From Historical Atlas Colorado by Thomas J. Noel et al. Reprinted with permission. ---PAGE BREAK--- iii Boulder County and Surrounding Counties. Map reprinted with permission of Mapsco, Denver. ---PAGE BREAK--- iv ---PAGE BREAK--- 1 Introduction Lafayette, Colorado is a city of 23,000 people located on the eastern plains of Boulder County. It is one of several communities that developed in the late 1800s to support mining in the northern Colorado coal fields. In recent decades, the city has been enlarged substantially by residential subdivisions outside the historic core. Today, Lafayette serves as a bedroom community for residents employed in Denver and Boulder or at east Boulder County high technology facilities. The 2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette was initiated by the Lafayette Historic Preservation Board to identify and document potential landmark properties within one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. The Lafayette Historic Preservation Board (HPB) was established in 1996 to assist the city government in efforts to preserve historic properties. Since then, HPB accomplishments have included establishing a historic preservation ordinance, becoming a Certified Local Government, initiating the 1999 Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette, and sponsoring an oral history symposium, walking tours, and other events during Historic Preservation Month. The West Lafayette survey is a two-part project consisting of a reconnaissance survey, followed by an intensive survey of 41 properties. The project took place from January 2001 through August 2001. The reconnaissance survey took place from January through March 2001. It examined and evaluated 207 properties consisting of 204 residences and three church buildings in a 20-block area west of Public Road (reference Survey Area Map on page For each property, a photograph was taken and architectural information gathered. Research began on general Lafayette history and property ownership history. The intensive survey took place from April through July 2001. It further researched, documented, and evaluated the 41 selected properties, producing an Architectural Inventory Form for each. Coal mining was the impetus for Lafayette’s founding and subsequent growth, and the 1887 to 1946 coal mining era serves as a major period of historic significance. Lafayette was platted by Mrs. Mary E. Miller in 1888 after she discovered a rich coal seam on her east Boulder County ranch. The town was re- platted in 1889 and incorporated on January 6, 1890. Lafayette grew as a residential community for miners working at the surrounding coal mines. It also served as a supply town for the coal mines, coal camps, farms, and ranches. The original plat lay on an east-west axis with the streets terminating at the Simpson and Cannon Mines on the east and at Public Road on the west (reference map on page Little development took place west of Public Road prior to 1907. The early coal mining history is reflected by Lafayette’s historic residences and business buildings. Miners and other workers lived in small woodframe cottages or lodged in two-story boarding houses. Merchants and mine managers lived in larger homes. Businesses in the commercial district on East Simpson Street operated in wooden, false-front store buildings and provided retail goods, services, and entertainment for the miners and their families. ---PAGE BREAK--- Introduction 2 Development of the West Lafayette neighborhood began in 1907. According to construction dates from the Boulder County Assessor’s office, 48 houses were erected in West Lafayette from 1907 through 1910. These were scattered throughout several residential additions and included some dwellings moved to the neighborhood from local coal mines or from east Lafayette. Completion of Saint Ida’s Catholic Church in 1907 and the First Baptist Church in 1912 indicated West Lafayette’s emergence as a respectable residential area. Today, there are few physical remnants from the mining activity in the northern Colorado coalfields. The coal tipples, slag heaps, and other industrial structures have been removed. The historic houses and business buildings in Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Erie, and Marshall are all that remains to represent the coal mining industry that dominated East Boulder County for more than seventy years. The Simpson Mine at the east edge of Lafayette (shown here circa 1920) was the largest producing mine in the northern Colorado coalfields. Workers lived at the mine site in small dwellings provided by the mining company, as well is in homes in Lafayette. Photo courtesy Lafayette Miner’s Museum. ---PAGE BREAK--- 3 Survey Area The West Lafayette survey area consists of eleven residential additions developed from 1907 through the late 1900s (listed together with a map in Appendix The 20-block survey area is bounded by West Geneseo Street, West Emma Street, Bermont Avenue, and Public Road, as shown on the map below and on the next page. It excluded all properties on the east side of Public Road and on the south side of West Emma Street. The survey area is relatively level, with a slight decline from west to east. Its streets are oriented on a north-south-east-west rectilinear grid. The neighborhood’s east-west orientation historically provided views of the Arapahoe Peaks in western Boulder County, which inspired the name of the three 1907 Mountain View additions in West Lafayette. Historic “Old Town” Lafayette Provided by Lafayette Planning Department WEST LAFAYETTE ORIGINAL PLAT (1889) ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Area 4 Survey Map Provided by Lafayette Planning Department. Numbered properties, listed in Appendix D, are potential landmarks. ---PAGE BREAK--- 5 Historic Contexts West Lafayette experienced many of the same influences as the original plat. The 1999 Old Town Architectural Survey Report provided several contexts for evaluation of historic significance  agriculture, coal mining, labor unions, transportation, community planning and development, and commerce. Evaluation of West Lafayette properties during the 2001 survey considered some of these contexts. Two additional contexts, contained within this chapter, were developed to reflect the unique influences in the survey area: 1) Early West Lafayette Development; and 2) Post World War II Residential Development. The Northern Colorado Power Company plant completed in 1907 contributed significantly to the demand for local coal and to the residential growth in West Lafayette and the rest of the city. Photo circa 1915 courtesy of Lafayette Miner’s Museum. ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 6 Early West Lafayette Development, 1907 - 1944 West Lafayette occupies most of a quarter section (160 acres) that was originally deeded by the Colorado territorial legislature to the Denver Pacific Railroad as incentive for building a rail line between Cheyenne and Denver. The railroad company sold the quarter section to George Isaac for $500 in 1885. It passed through several owners and by 1892 George I. Miller and his brother-in-law, Charles Hake, had acquired the parcel. A portion of this property was platted as East Louisville, but never developed. Charles Miller farmed the property until the Millers platted several residential subdivisions on it in 1904 and 1907.1 West Lafayette development occurred in patchwork fashion. It consisted of the small West Lafayette plat of 1893, six residential additions platted in 1904 and 1907, and four subdivisions platted between 1948 and 1985. The 1893 West Lafayette plat was a two-block-long saloon row along Public Road between West Geneseo and West Cleveland. Located outside the incorporated town limits, this tiny business district was exempt from the temperance clause that town founder Mary Elizabeth Miller included in the property deeds for all lots in the original plat. Sanborn fire insurance maps show two saloons operating in West Lafayette in 1900 and four in 1908. In 1904, Mrs. Miller platted Miller’s First Addition and Miller’s Second Addition south and west of the 1893 West Lafayette plat. These residential developments served to contain the town’s taverns within the two-block West Lafayette district, as Mrs. Miller included the temperance clause in property deeds for lots in the new additions. Little construction occurred in Mrs. Miller’s additions until 1907 when the Northern Colorado Power Company built a large plant southwest of Lafayette. The plant was built beside a reservoir first constructed for irrigation purposes and then enlarged to accommodate the industrial plant. The power plant electrified northeast Colorado, offering services to Boulder, Longmont, Berthoud, Loveland, Fort Collins, and Greeley, as well as the coal towns. It also supplied electricity for the Denver & Interurban streetcar line that connected Boulder and east Boulder County to Denver. Mary Miller’s sons, James and George, were directors of the company and instrumental in location of the plant one mile west of Public Road at the end of Emma Street.2 The Northern Colorado plant significantly increased the demand for Lafayette coal, and the local economy boomed with the increased work force and demand for local worker housing. “New businesses and residences are going up all over our little city,” announced the Lafayette Leader on November 22, 1907. 1 Abstracts for residence at 307 West Cleveland, provided by David Perkins. 2 Smith, Once a Coal Miner. Boulder: Pruett Publishing, 1989, 75. Advertisement from a May 1907 issue of the Lafayette Leader. ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 7 To take advantage of this prosperous period, the Miller family was involved in platting three residential additions west of Public Road  Mountain View, Mountain View No. 2, and Mountain View No. 3. Their West Lafayette Investment Company sold lots in the Mountain View and Miller additions. Company officers were John Lipsey, president, Jay O. Van Deburgh, secretary, and James P. Miller, notary pubic, and William Kerr, attorney. Lipsey also acted as sales agent. The 50’ x 140’ lots sold for around $75 apiece. Both Miller men were involved in other local business ventures. James served on the board of directors of the Northern Colorado Power Company, was an officer of the Lafayette Bank and Louisville Bank, (of which Mary Miller was president), and was Lafayette Town Attorney. Charles had operated the farm on the land. By 1910, more than 60 houses had been built in West Lafayette, according to Boulder County Tax Assessor’s records. Prices ranged from $550 for a three-room cottage to $950 for a larger dwelling. Local builders included Pierce-Cunningham Company, Morrell and Co., Pritchard & Spurgeon, and A. O. Spaulding. To further promote development, the Town Board of Trustees approved marketing bonds to finance construction of a municipal water system to improve the faltering water works. As in the rest of Lafayette, a majority of the residents were coal miners, or worked at jobs related to mining and transporting coal. The neighborhood also reflected the ethnic melting pot typical of Lafayette. West Lafayette residents included immigrants, from Great Britain as well as southern and eastern Europe. Residents were also American-born, and a number of them arrived in Lafayette from other coal mining towns in Colorado and elsewhere in the country. Unlike the neighboring coal mining town of Louisville, the neighborhood was ethnically and socially integrated. Miners lived next door to merchants and small-town professionals. There were no districts or pockets of certain ethnicities, although family members tended to live next door or across the street from one another. The significance of miners’ home ownership in Lafayette is underscored by various references to it during the early 1900s. Unlike the southern Colorado coal fields where a majority of workers lived in company housing, most of the miners in the northern Colorado coal fields owned their own residences. This fact is mentioned in printed sources, including articles published in the Lafayette Leader newspaper, correspondence written by the pastor of St. Ida’s Church to the Archbishop, and the reports by state officials investigating labor unrest in the northern Colorado coal mines. Union organizers concluded that miners who owned homes in Lafayette were more likely to support union strikes than to leave town in search of employment elsewhere. Home ownership was a source of community pride, as evidenced by a number of articles in the Lafayette Leader. Construction of the two West Lafayette churches signaled the neighborhood’s emergence as a respectable residential area. St. Ida’s Catholic Church at 111 West Cannon was begun in 1904 and completed in 1907. The large house next door, at 109 West Cannon, served as the priest’s residence. The First Baptist Church at 200 West Cleveland was begun in 1908 and finished in 1912. A house was moved from ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 8 east Lafayette in the early 1920s and placed next door at 204 West Cleveland to serve as the Baptist parsonage. The churches were an integral element of the community. Both the Baptist and Catholic churches strongly supported the local coal miners during the Long Strike. In April, 1910, Reverend W. J. Bingham of the First Baptist Church joined the pastors of the Congregational and Methodist-Episcopal Churches in writing a letter published in the Lafayette Leader, that “called attention of the operators to the moral side of the strike” and called upon the mine operators to end the strike. During the following decades, members of the congregations participated in various activities, in addition to weddings, baptisms, and funerals. The Baptist Church staged revivals, prayer meetings, picnics on the church lawn, and, in later years, vacation Bible school. St. Ida’s parishioners held church bazaars, food sales, and other events to raise funds for construction of a new church as the congregation swelled after World War II. The Long Strike of 1910 – 1914 halted Lafayette’s brief boom. With a majority of the work force out of work, many residents left town. No new construction took place. So many miners defaulted on their home mortgages held by the Miller family’s Lafayette Bank, that that banking institution went bankrupt in 1914. After the Long Strike ended, a few new houses were built west of Public Road, but America’s entrance into World War I in 1917 again discouraged new construction. The area West of Public Road remained sparsely developed until after World War II. Development was dispersed, a pattern that reflected the low demand for local housing and the inexpensive price of land. During the 1920s, the nature of businesses along Public Road was changing, and this impacted West Lafayette. State prohibition in 1916 and national prohibition in 1920 closed the Public Road saloons, although a few establishments continued serving alcohol on a clandestine basis. In their place, auto-related businesses opened along Public Road, which was paved as a segment of the Cheyenne to Denver highway by 1924. Gas stations, auto repair garages, auto courts, and drive-in This photograph of the 1908 dedication of the Baptist Church shows new homes in West Lafayette. Photo courtesy Lafayette Miner’s Museum. ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 9 restaurants opened along Public Road and on Baseline Road in the 1920s and 1930s to serve travelers passing through Lafayette. For example, the boarding house at 107 West Simpson became a hotel with auto court units behind it. Several Public Road merchants lived in West Lafayette, such as Ralph Kemp and Sid Swennes, consecutive owners of the Highway Drugstore at 101 Public Road. During the following decade, growth remained stagnant in Lafayette for several reasons. During the 1930s, little construction occurred anywhere in the country due to the weak national economy during the Great Depression. In addition, a decline in the demand for coal also weakened the local economy. Natural gas, first available in Colorado in 1928, steadily replaced coal as a residential and commercial heating source. The Northern Colorado Power plant, a major consumer of Lafayette coal, closed in the 1940s. Government requirements to conserve building materials for the war effort curbed local growth in the early 1940s. Periodic labor strikes also disrupted the mining industry and local economy in both the 1930s and 1940s. In 1946, the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company filed for bankruptcy and closed the Columbine and its other mines in the northern coalfields. Several mines continued producing coal in the northern Colorado coal fields for another decade. One of the last local mines to close was the Black Diamond No. 2, just northwest of Lafayette, which shut down in 1956. According to Lafayette historian Jim Hutchison, the last coal mine operating in the northern fields was the Lincoln Mine, near Erie in Weld County, which closed in 1979. House Moving in West Lafayette West Lafayette development included house moving. The practice of relocating houses persisted as a local tradition, beginning in 1889 when some of the town’s first houses were brought to Lafayette from Louisville. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, small houses were moved to Lafayette from the various mine camps, and also were moved from one Lafayette neighborhood to another. Many miners' cottages were moved into town from coal camps. These small, woodframe dwellings were two-room and four-room habitats built by the coal mining companies adjacent to the mine site. Mine operators rented company houses to miners and their families for $2 per room per month. During labor strikes, union miners were evicted from company housing and they became housing for strikebreaking “scabs,” who were often non-English-speaking immigrants brought to work behind the barricades erected to keep out the striking miners. When a mine operation closed, the company sold workers’ housing to private individuals. These coal camp houses were moved to various towns in northeast Boulder County and western Weld County. For example, by the mid-1930s, 26 dwellings, 18’ x 20’ in size, had been removed from the Simpson Mine property. The Rocky Mountain Fuel company sold 20 or so houses from the Columbine Mine in 1937, for prices ranging from $80 for a two-room house to $180 for a four-room house. In 1946, the firm closed the Columbine Mine and sold the remaining houses for prices ranging from $100 for a 20 x 22’ house to $400 for a 26’ x 26’ house. The company also sold the Columbine schoolhouse for $450 after advertising for ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 10 competitive bids.3 Some of these buildings were moved by members of the Wilbur and Oliver family, Lafayette area carpenters during the 1940s and early 1950s.4 A number of dwellings were moved to West Lafayette, because of the availability of vacant lots. Some came from mine camps, such as the Amicarelli residence at 111 West Geneseo, which came from the Columbine Mine. Others were moved from east Lafayette, such as the Baptist parsonage, which was moved from East Emma Street. Two houses in Lafayette came from the Northern Colorado Power Plant, after it closed. These are located at 201 West Geneseo and 201 West Cannon.5 The survey attempted to develop a methodology for accurately identifying houses moved from mine camps, as described in Appendix F. However, it was not possible to conclusively identify moved houses, other than the Amicarelli residence. 3 Rocky Mountain Fuel Company papers, Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library. 4 Interview with Jim and Beth Hutchison, March 15, 2001. 5 Oral interview with Norman and Dean Ross, by Andrew Patten, Jr. and Phillip Chermack, May 24, 2001. Hipped-roof boxes from the Simpson Camp, shown here circa 1920, were moved to various locations in Lafayette after the mine closed. Photo courtesy of the Lafayette Miner’s Museum. ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 11 Post World War II Residential Development, 1945 - 1950 The economic boom that followed World War II had an immediate impact on Lafayette. Several local businessmen developed residential lots at the edges of the city with homes sold to veterans returning from the war. The end of the World War II saw a sharp rise in the demand for housing around the country, as veterans returned home and married, bought houses, and settled down to raise their families. Like other cities, Lafayette’s post-war residential development was shaped by government programs, such as the Federal Housing Authority and the Veterans Administration, which provided home buyers with guaranteed mortgage loans. To meet the need for local housing, two local firms developed several residential blocks in West Lafayette. The W-E-D Company formed by Wilbur Waneka, Sheldon Epler, and Joe Distel built woodframe single dwellings and duplexes in the 300 and 400 blocks of West Cannon and West Chester in the late 1940s. Joe Distel constructed the eight-unit apartment house at 108 West Simpson as rental housing for unmarried female schoolteachers. The James Brothers company, owned by John James, Jimmie James, and Berle Lewis, developed the 300 and 400 blocks of West Geneseo in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The James Brothers firm also developed residential properties in the 400 and 500 blocks of East Cleveland and Chester. The new residential blocks were finished with the “California style” curbwalk. Private individuals also built homes in West Lafayette, sometimes excavating the basement first as residential quarters, until they could afford construction of the ground floor building. This Ranch type duplex at 408 West Cannon is one of several homes built by W-E-D Construction company. This house at 408 West Simpson, photographed in 1948, was one of the “basement houses” built in West Lafayette after the war. The ground floor was added later, as the home owner could afford it. Boulder County Assessor’s records at the Boulder County Library. ---PAGE BREAK--- Historic Contexts 12 To handle this growth, local voters approved a 1950 bond issue to fund a new city water system, upgrade the existing infrastructure and replacing individual wells, septic tanks, and outhouses. All residents were required to tap onto the city system, and several homeowners hastily built small additions to accommodate indoor bathroom facilities. The community churches and schools scrambled to keep up with the expanding population. The First Baptist Church added a large addition to accommodate its expanding congregation. The Catholic parishioners outgrew St. Ida’s, and in 1954 built a large new church two blocks north, the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The new Lafayette Elementary School was built in 1963 at 101 North Bermont to meet the educational needs of the Lafayette families. Civic leaders actively promoted local growth. The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce distributed a brochure advertising Lafayette as a “Beautiful Town in a Beautiful Setting… A Progressive Town… A Town for Family Living… A Town of Opportunity.” The pamphlet highlighted local churches, schools, employment, recreation, and other municipal assets. In 1954, the Lions Club persuaded Shaw Realty of Greeley, to build 50 new residences at the southwest of the city, west of Public Road and south of West Emma Street. Lafayette’s continued growth reflected the transition of the eastern Boulder County economy from mining and agriculture industries to high technology. Coal mining in the Northern Colorado coal fields had declined substantially by the late 1940s. In 1950, the Rocky Flats nuclear manufacturing facility opened 15 miles southwest of Lafayette, providing jobs for many Lafayette residents. Also, many Rocky Flats workers bought homes in Lafayette, further contributing to the town’s expansion. International Business Machines (IBM) plant opened in the early 1960s northeast of Boulder. Lafayette residents continued commuting to jobs in Boulder and in Denver, as well. As the computer industry expanded in eastern Boulder County, so did the demand for local housing. By 1970, nearly every available lot in West Lafayette had been developed with in-fill constructed on subdivided properties. Meanwhile, the city had been substantially enlarged by several residential subdivisions developed south and west of original Lafayette. The view of the Arapahoe Peaks that once dominated the Mountain View additions can still be seen to the west, above the tall trees and more recent subdivisions. This photograph is facing west from Bermont Street, at the west edge of the survey area. ---PAGE BREAK--- 13 Research Design The 2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette employed a methodology similar to the one used for the 1999 Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette. It was expected that survey results would be similar as well. It was anticipated that up to 25% of the properties (50 properties ) would possess significance as local landmarks, with two or three eligible for nomination to the State Register or National Register of Historic Properties. It also was expected that the house types and architectural styles would be similar to those in the original plat. Survey results met initial expectations, with several exceptions. Coal mining was the primary influence on development, in both the original plat and in West Lafayette. However, the West Lafayette subdivisions were platted in 1904, 1906, and 1907, more than fifteen years after the city’s 1889 incorporation. The development met the increased need for coal miners’ housing created by the 1907 completion of the Northern Colorado Power plant and the greater demand for local coal. This brief growth spurt halted during the 1910 – 1914 Long Strike, and development throughout Lafayette was intermittent throughout town until the post World War II boom. West Lafayette contains house types similar to those in the original plat, such as small side-gabled dwellings, hipped-roof boxes, and larger vernacular residences. However, West Lafayette contains many more homes built after World War II than does the original plat. About one-third of West Lafayette dwellings were built after 1945, constructed mainly at the northwest and west edges of the survey area. Therefore, properties older than 50 years were fewer than in the original plat. There were fewer historically significant West Lafayette properties than expected. Historic significance was more prominent in the original plat, which contains the East Simpson Street business district and homes of many merchants and local civic leader. As a result, 41 properties were evaluated as significant, rather than 50 properties as originally expected. These included six properties built after 1951, recommended as “future landmarks.” ---PAGE BREAK--- 14 Survey Methodology The 2001 Architectural Survey of West Lafayette used a methodology similar to the 1999 Architectural Survey of Old Town Lafayette. It was a two-part project consisting of a reconnaissance survey followed by intensive survey of selected properties. Forty-one selected properties were documented with an Architectural Inventory Form and evaluated as potentially eligible to the National Register, State Register, or the local landmark program. The project began with a brief visual reconnaissance of the survey area. Then, the following tasks were performed for each of the 207 properties: • A photograph taken. • Architectural information (integrity, style, exterior materials, roof form, details) derived for all properties from the photograph, entered into the project database, and validated in the field. • Property information acquired from the Boulder County Assessor’s office in electronic format (property owner’s name and mailing address, legal description, construction date, and square footage). • Preliminary ownership information data entered from 1916, 1926, and 1937 city directories and 1948 – 1970 Boulder County Assessor’s records archived at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Microsoft Access database software was used for data entry, to generate survey logs, and to prepare the individual inventory forms. Reports also were generated listing reconnaissance properties with ownership information and with architectural style/building type and construction date. The survey primarily examined unaltered properties built prior to 1952, reflecting the fifty-year age criteria of the National Register, State Register, and Lafayette’s local historic preservation ordinance. Property evaluation applied criteria from the Lafayette historic preservation ordinance and the National and State Register programs. These included: • Architectural integrity (Local Landmark, National Register, and State Register) • Architectural, social/historic, and geographic criteria (Lafayette Landmark program) • Association with event or broad pattern of history, association with significant person, or architectural significance (National and State Register) The survey properties were evaluated for: • Architectural integrity. Those that were altered substantially were removed from further consideration. • Architectural significance, as examples of architectural styles or building types. • Historic significance, with evaluation relying upon historic contexts developed in the 1999 survey and the two contexts within this report. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Methodology 15 Evaluation for historic significance considered additional ownership information. Forty-one properties were recommended by the consultant for further evaluation and approved by Historic Preservation Board (HPB) members. These included several properties that provided excellent examples of post-1950 urban residential, and were recommended for further consideration when they meet the 50- year age criteria. Architectural Inventory Forms were prepared for each of the 41 properties according to requirements of the CHS Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, as defined by the 1998 Colorado Cultural Resource Survey Manual. The following was performed for each intensive property and entered in the project database: • An architectural description written and validated in the field. • A statement of significance and determination of architectural integrity prepared. • Architectural history and historic owners further researched; quarter descriptions and UTMs calculated. • Additional historic ownership information acquired from the five oral interviews conducted for the survey, two local history videotapes, and Treeless Plain to Thriving City. • Sketch maps created in drawing software and validated in the field. • Additional photographs taken of properties showing additional elevations, architectural details, or important secondary structures. Inventory forms were assembled together with photographs and a USGS map section printed from the TopoZone website with the property location indicated. A set of these was submitted to the City of Lafayette and the Colorado Historical Society, along with the Survey Report and Survey Map. In preparing the reconnaissance and final survey reports, general historic information was gathered from: secondary sources, in particular Treeless Plain to Thriving City and Once a Coal Miner; maps and business records of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company archived at the Denver Public Library; historic photographs in various repositories; and clipping files at Colorado Historical Society, Denver Public Library, archives at Colorado University’s Norlin Library in Boulder; historic plat and subdivision maps provided by the Lafayette Planning Department; and Sanborn fire insurance maps for 1900, 1908, 1937, and 1946. Efforts were made to locate private papers or business records belonging to Mary E. Miller, Lafayette town founder and a West Lafayette developer, but with no success. This included contacting librarians and archivists in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley, and conducting telephone interviews with two of her descendants, Dean Miller and Ralph Miller. The project began with a kick-off meeting with the Lafayette HPB. In early June, results were shared with the board members via a walking tour of West Lafayette. A presentation on the survey was also made to the Lafayette Historical Society in July. The project concluded with a presentation to Lafayette City Council in August. ---PAGE BREAK--- 16 Survey Results The reconnaissance survey examined and evaluated 207 West Lafayette properties, 123 of which properties were built prior to 1952. The properties examined through the intensive survey were significant as examples of architectural styles, such as Edwardian Vernacular or Craftsman Bungalow or of buildings types, such as the hipped-roof box. They also reflect the development of the West Lafayette neighborhood from 1907 through 1950. Building Types The 207 survey properties included three church buildings and 204 residential properties. Several outbuildings were also noted and photographed. Residences included primarily single dwellings, along with 14 duplexes, a four-plex, an eight- unit apartment, and a boarding house that originally served as a hotel. Appendix D lists the 41 properties evaluated in the intensive survey. Residences Many historic residences in the survey area are associated with Lafayette’s 1887 to 1946 coal mining era. A majority of West Lafayette residents listed in the 1916, 1926, and 1937 directories had occupations related to mining, such as engineer, mine superintendent, mine inspector, and many coal miners. Residents also had other types of industrial employment, such as blacksmith, electrician, stationary engineer, operator, and mechanic, along with a few business owners, the Catholic and Baptist ministers, and several female school teachers. However, the quantity and concentration of intact miners’ dwellings was insufficient to warrant consideration of a district associated with the Lafayette coal mining era. Many miners’ residences were scattered throughout the survey area and intermingled with dwellings of more recent construction. The 100 block of West Cannon contained the most intact collection of residential properties associated with coal mining era. Most of the properties on this block are hipped-roof boxes and side-gabled houses, typical of those that served as worker housing within the town of Lafayette and at several of the mining operations surrounding the town. Many were historically occupied by coal miners. However, this block could not be considered for eligibility as a local district, because the east end, nearest Public Road, is zoned as an Urban Renewal district. Several of the properties are recommended as individual local landmarks. Vernacular woodframe residences were analyzed for evidence that they had been moved from the mining camps, however this survey was not able to accurately identify houses that had been moved. The process for this analysis is provided in Appendix E. West Lafayette development was dispersed, lacking a concentrated district of specific architectural styles or types. Several residences are good examples of popular architectural styles or building types, including Craftsman, Edwardian Vernacular, Tudor, and Minimal Traditional styles, as well as hipped-roof box and side-gabled woodframe vernacular house types (see the Intensive Survey Properties list in the Appendices). ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 17 West Lafayette contains a number of excellent, intact examples of post World War II residential styles that do not yet meet the fifty-year age criteria. These include Minimal Style, Ranch Style, and Split Level houses. Constructed after 1951, these residences exemplify mid-century architectural styles and building types and demonstrate the post World War II development of American suburbs as experienced in Lafayette. Two Contemporary style residences, 300 West Chester and 405 West Chester, are the best examples of this style in Lafayette. These “future landmarks,” listed below, should be re-evaluated once they meet the fifty-year age criterion: 305 West Geneseo (1963) Ranch type duplex 310 West Simpson (1957) Ranch style 408 West Cannon (1953) Ranch type duplex 300 West Chester (1952) Modern Movements 405 West Chester (1971) Modern Movements 110 West Simpson (1954) Immaculate Conception Church, architect John K. Monroe ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 18 Public Buildings The three church buildings in the West Lafayette survey area are significant for their association with the historic growth of the neighborhood and as geographic landmarks of the community. The original 1907 Roman Catholic Church and the 1912 First Baptist Church were built during the initial development of this area. According to editorials in the Lafayette Leader from that period, the ministers of these two churches provided support for the miners during the Long Strike of 1910 – 1914 and were advocates of the labor unions. Two pastors of the Baptist Church were also physicians who practiced medicine in the community, Dr. W. J. Bingham (1907 – 1914) and Dr. Asa Hall (1914 - 1917). The historic significance and geographic importance of these buildings must be weighed against the alterations that they have received since original construction. The Roman Catholic Church at 111 West Cannon has been altered by application of stucco over the original clapboard exterior, removal of the cupola, and addition of a vestibule to the church facade. The historic residence next door at 109 West Cannon is also associated with the church. It served as the priest’s residence into the mid- 1900s, and, for a period, housed classes for Catholic schoolchildren. It retains a good level of integrity. The First Baptist Church at 200 West Cleveland has been altered by application of horizontal siding and brick facing and expanded by an addition in 1953, however the parsonage at 206 West Cleveland is architecturally intact. The Church of the Immaculate Conception, built by the Catholic congregation in 1954, does not meet the fifty-year age criterion. However, it could be considered for potential eligibility as a geographic landmark and for its architectural significance once it is older than fifty years. St. Ida’s Catholic Church, completed in 1907 at 111 West Cannon, was one of two churches built in West Lafayette. Today it houses the annex of the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 19 First Baptist Church at 200 West Cleveland, dedicated in 1912. Photo by Carole Cardon. St. Immaculate Church, built in 1954 at 110 West Simpson. Photo by Carole Cardon. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 20 Outbuildings The numerous historic secondary buildings are an important element of West Lafayette. Most are located at the rear of the property at the alley. These include outhouses, chicken coops, horse stables, and pre-1950 auto garages. Several properties have intact coal sheds, used to store coal when all the homes and business buildings in Lafayette were heated with Lafayette coal. The secondary buildings reflect the nature of lifestyles and technology in the early twentieth century. They reveal the different standard of living that preceded the invention of the electric refrigerator, electric and gas heating systems, and the gasoline-powered automobile. As relics of a vanished way of life, these deserve to be appreciated and preserved. The survey project photo-documented several secondary buildings in the West Lafayette neighborhood. Circa 1935 auto garage at 301 West Emma. One of the few remaining backyard chicken coops in West Lafayette. Alley coal shed. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 21 Alley Houses Alley houses were another type of outbuilding. These were small residences built at the rear of a lot to serve a variety of purposes. Usually the alley house was smaller than the primary dwelling and built after the original building. These often were used as the residence of aging parents or for newlywed adult children. Owners also rented alley houses to supplement family income. Some alley houses may have been expanded from a shed, stable, chicken coop, or other outbuildings. The residence at 106 North Roosevelt is an excellent example of an alley house. Sometimes the alley house was built first, as a temporary residence while a larger house was being constructed, as in the case of the residence of Dean and Norma (Vandenbos) Ross at 410 West Cannon. Alley house at 106 N. Roosevelt. According to long-time West Lafayette resident Margaret Gibson, this multiple dwelling was constructed from several detached chicken houses. The 1937 Sanborn Map shows three “Poultry Barns” in this vicinity. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 22 Architectural Styles The West Lafayette survey area exhibits a chronology of house types and styles similar to many other communities, yet influenced by local building traditions. Most of the properties in the West Lafayette survey area are vernacular in design, although there are several fine examples of 20th-century architecture styles, such as Craftsman, Edwardian Vernacular, and Ranch. The oldest residences are woodframe dwellings with front-gabled, gabled-L or hipped roof forms. Ornamentation is modest. Most of these dwellings have front porches with plain wood posts, turned wood posts, or wrought iron supports. Only a few have porch banisters, railings, or decorative brackets. On some houses, especially those moved from the mine sites, a shed-roofed porch apparently was added after original construction. The hipped-roof box is another vernacular house type found in the survey area. These frequently were built as workers’ housing in mining camps all around Colorado, so it is possible that several were moved from coal mine sites. A widespread feature on the hipped-roof box is a pair of large front windows in the facade on either side of the door. These windows have a large rectangular window with a small horizontal pane on top and large square pane on the bottom. Several have multi-colored upper panes – a central pane with a border of smaller square panes of colored glass. Flared eaves and dormers are seen on several hipped-roof boxes. Many have porches of varying types. Stylistic features added in later decades included a vestibule with cat-slide roof, porch with classic columns, or small gabled stoop cover. This hipped-roof box (left) and side-gabled dwelling (right) are examples of vernacular architecture in West Lafayette. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 23 The survey area contains one of Lafayette’s most architecturally elaborate residences, the Edwardian Vernacular dwelling at 209 West Cleveland. This style was popular in the first two decades of the twentieth century and featured symmetrical massing, a centered front porch with classical columns, Palladian windows, and other classical ornamentation. Two domestic styles popular in the 1920s and 1930s were built in both West Lafayette and the original plat. The most predominant is the Craftsman style, which is typified by a front-gabled roof form with a gently-sloping roof pitch. Craftsman style features are a front-gabled porch, 3/1 pane windows, and exposed wooden eaves that often have pointed or carved ends. Many have prominently placed exterior chimneys. Exterior materials of the Craftsman bungalows in West Lafayette are woodframe clad in clapboards, stuccoed, or brick. The best examples in the survey area are the houses at 111, 201, and 300 West Geneseo. This residence at 209 West Cleveland is one of Lafayette’s few examples of the Edwardian Vernacular style popular from 1900 until 1920. The Craftsman Bungalow at 111 West Geneseo has the gently sloping front-gabled roof, exposed rafters, gabled front porch, and three-over- one windows typical of the style. The residence at 401 West Cleveland is West Lafayette’s fanciest hipped-roof box. It features a wrap-around porch with classic columns and a pediment and diamond-shaped ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 24 The second architectural style seen from the twenties and thirties is a modest local version of the Tudor style  a vernacular dwelling possessing one or more Tudor features, such vertical orientation, steeply-gabled vestibule, and central chimney. Some dwellings built in the early 1900s were updated with a Tudor style entrance – steeply gabled roof with a two roof slopes of different length. Little construction occurred in Lafayette during the Great Depression and World War II. The houses from this period are small and have little decoration. Several of these are clad in asbestos tiles. During the post-war boom, Ranch type homes were a dominant style within West Lafayette and elsewhere in Colorado and the U. S. Exterior materials consist of brick, horizontal siding, or both. Picture windows are ubiquitous; other windows are metal-framed and multi-paned. Ornamental elements are limited to decorative shutters, wrought iron porch or stoop cover supports, or fixed window awnings of corrugated fiberglass. In the post-war decades, family recreation moved from the front porch to the family room inside the house and to the backyard patio. Front porches shrank, and the porch roof became a hood over the porch or merely a stoop cover. A common feature of postwar residences is a prominent automobile garage. In the 1920s and 1930s, the garage was located toward the rear of the property, at the alley. Beginning in the 1940s, automobile garages often were placed beside the residence or attached to the house itself. For example, the residence at 303 West Chester features a garage integrated into the house. Several nearby residences were built in 1948 with this same design, but only two have the garage still intact. In the others, the garage has been converted into an interior room. This residence, built in 1942 at 402 West Geneseo, shows the small size and simplicity of houses built during the Great Depression and World War II. The 1944 residence at 410 West Cleveland was one of the first houses built in West Lafayette after World War ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 25 Two dwellings in the survey area are excellent examples of the Contemporary style dating between 1940 and 1980. The residence at 300 West Cleveland, built in 1952, is a flat-roofed variation of the style. According to Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia and Lee MacAlester, this is an American variation of the International style sometimes called American International. Its notable features include a flat roof with wide overhangs, a stuccoed exterior, and expansive windows. The auto garage at the southeast corner of the property has similar design elements. The residence at 405 West Chester, built in 1971, also possesses Contemporary style features, such as an asymmetrical gabled roof with large panes of glass in the façade. The auto garage and a small store shed are tucked beneath the long roof gable. Built in 1952 at 300 West Chester, this Contemporary style residence features a flat roof with wide overhangs, a stuccoed exterior, and expansive window. This 1948 residence, located at 303 West Chester, was one of the first local residences featuring an attached auto garage. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 26 Neighborhood Character The survey area possesses a similar layout to original Lafayette. The various West Lafayette residential additions adhered to the original street patterns east of Public Road. Street widths are similar (50 feet) and the east-west streets have the same names. Lot and block arrangements are the same as the original plat: 50’ x 140’ lots with twelve lots per block, six on each side of the street. Most West Lafayette residences are small and of simple design. Most properties have a uniform set back. A few larger, more architecturally elaborate houses occupy oversized corner lots. Most post-war residences are oriented horizontally on the lot and some are built nearly to the maximum width of the fifty- foot lot. Most of the neighborhood is characterized by shade trees and yard trees. Typical neighborhood amenities include street paving, sidewalks, and curbs and gutters. A few front yards are fenced, typically of wood material or wire fencing. The prominence of the West Lafayette churches indicates that this was the quieter side of town, distant from the mine operations and bustle of the East Simpson Street business district. The three churches, St. Ida’s Catholic Church (1907, now a music school) at 111 West Cannon, First Baptist Church (1912) at 200 West Cleveland, and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (1954) at 110 West Simpson, are visual landmarks and serve as cultural anchors for the West Lafayette neighborhoods. Church bells resound at noon and on Sunday mornings. The Lafayette Elementary School on North Bermont at the west edge of the survey area serves a similar function of visual landmark and neighborhood focal point. Architectural alterations reflect the ongoing evolution of this residential neighborhood. Because the older houses are small, many have been enlarged – typically with a series of small shed-roofed additions on the rear. On a numbers of houses, a bathroom was added toward the rear of the house when the home owner installed indoor plumbing. Some front porches have been enclosed, typically in glass panes. Wooden posts have been replaced by wrought iron porch supports on several older homes. During the 1950s and 1960s, a local blacksmith handmade numerous decorative wrought iron supports, therefore these features should be considered of local historic significance and preserved rather than replaced. On some houses, horizontal siding has been applied over historic materials, such as wooden clapboards, asbestos tiles, and asphalt shingles. A number of properties have reversible alterations. These properties could be reconsidered for eligibility for local landmarking if they were restored. The most common reversible alteration is application of wide horizontal siding or asbestos tiles. Several properties appear to be potentially restorable, such as 102, 109, and 209 West Cleveland, and 301 and 302 West Simpson. A few other properties have been greatly changed by alterations. However, most in-fill has been compatible with the historic character of the neighborhood. ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 27 210 West Geneseo 111 West Cleveland in 1948 111 West Cleveland in 2001 110 West Cleveland RESTORABLE HOUSES ---PAGE BREAK--- Survey Results 28 West Lafayette has remained relatively unchanged during the past few decades. Its mature vegetation, pedestrian orientation, and low traffic volume provide a quiet neighborhood environment favored by young families, retirees, and long-time local residents. Escalating housing prices elsewhere in Boulder County make the neighborhood a “starter home” market. The character of the neighborhood could be impacted, however, by new residents who do not appreciate the small scale and simple design of historic dwellings. Home owners could impact the neighborhood’s historic character through alterations and in-fill (new construction). Small houses on large lots are vulnerable to extensive expansion or even “scrape-off”: demolition and replacement by a large, modern residence. To protect its historic buildings, the City of Lafayette in 1999 adopted the historic preservation ordinance. ---PAGE BREAK--- 29 Recommendations The work accomplished in the 2001 Architectural Survey can be expanded upon in several ways. The following is a list of suggestions for the City, the Historic Preservation Board, and/or the Lafayette Historical Society. Some projects possibly could be partially funded by State Historical Fund grants. Preservation Planning/Landmark Designation • Continue conducting surveys in other historic areas in Lafayette, such as southeast Lafayette, Public Road, and the area north of Baseline. • Notify, encourage, and/or assist owners of eligible properties in nominating them to the local landmark program or to the State or National Register. • Investigate Multiple Property or Thematic National Register Nomination to include: hipped box house types or dwellings moved from the mining camps; or investigate expanding Thematic Nomination for the Lafayette Coal Era by adding vernacular coal miners’ dwellings. • In future surveys, continue investigating theme of houses relocated from coal camps. Restoration/Preservation • Initiate a Preservation Honor Award program, possibly during the month of May, which is Historic Preservation Month. • Provide home owners with historic photograph, such as from the 1948 Boulder County Assessor’s Records, to encourage restoration projects. • Publish an historic preservation newsletter focusing on historic Lafayette and its important properties. • Sponsor and promote a “restorable” demonstration project, such as removing siding from a historic house. • Sponsor a neighborhood porch beautification or other multiple site restoration project. Local History • Develop a West Lafayette house tour visiting interiors of historic residences. • Develop a walking tour publication, drawing from 1999 and 2001 Surveys of Lafayette. • Sponsor a teacher-training program on local history and historic buildings and neighborhoods, using materials from the survey. • Data enter Lafayette directories, census records, and other historical records so that data can be sorted and analyzed for ethnicity, occupations, and other categories. Seek assistance from a high school intern for this. • Investigate ethnic make-up of historic Lafayette. Categorize surnames by nationality, starting with directory and census names. ---PAGE BREAK--- 30 Bibliography Books Abbott, Carl, Stephen J. Leonard, and David McComb. Colorado – A History of the Centennial State, Revised Edition. Niwot: Colorado Associated University Press, 1982. Beshoar, Barron B. Out of the Depths – The Story of John R. Lawson, a Labor Leader. Denver: The Colorado Labor Historical Committee of the Denver Trades & Labor Assembly, 1957, third edition (first edition, 1947). Hutchison, James D. Survey and Settlement. Lafayette: Morrell Graphics, 2001. Hutchison, James D. Treeless Plain to Thriving City – Lafayette Centennial, 1889 - 1989. Lafayette: Lafayette Historical Society, 1990. Long, Priscilla. Where the Sun Never Shines – A History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry. New York: Paragon House, 1989. McFarlane, James. Coal Regions of America,. New York: D. Appleton & Co., third edition 1890 (first edition, 1877). Noel, Thomas Paul F. Mahoney, and Richard E. Stevens. Historical Atlas of Colorado. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Smith, Once A Coal Miner – The Story of Colorado’s Northern Coal Field. Boulder: Pruett Publishing, 1989. Ubbelohde, Maxine Benson, and Duane A. Smith. A Colorado History, Sixth Edition. Boulder: Pruett Publishing, 1988. Government Reports and Legal Documents Abstract of Title to Lot 9 in Block 2 (207 West Cleveland) Mountain View Addition of Town of Lafayette. Boulder: The Boulder County Abstract of Title Co., circa 1952. Clift, Anne Eckert and Gordon M. Matheson. Boulder County Subsidence Investigation. Golden, Colorado: Dames & Moore, 1986. Mehls, Stephen J. and Carol. Routt and Moffatt Counties, Colorado - Coal Mining Historic Context. Lafayette: Western historical Studies, Inc., 1991. National Register Nomination for the Lafayette Coal Mining Era Thematic. Boulder: Community Collaborative Services, 1985. Norman, Cathleen. 1999 Old Town Architectural Survey Report. Lakewood: Preservation Publishing, 1999. Turney, J. E. and L. Murray-Williams. Colorado Front Range Inactive Coal Mine Data and Subsidence Information – Boulder County. Denver: Colorado Geological Survey, 1983. ---PAGE BREAK--- Bibliography 31 Booklets “76 Years in the Master’s Business.” Lafayette: First Baptist Church, 1983. Connaroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story. Louisville: Louisville Times, 1978. “Dedication, Church of Immaculate Conception.” Denver: Catholic Archdiocese, 1954. Sampson, JoAnne. Walking Through History on the Marshall Mesa. Boulder: City of Boulder Open Space Department, 1995. Videotapes Mehls, Steve, coordinator. “Living History Symposium.” Lafayette: Lafayette Historic Preservation Board, 1998. Kellett, William, George Snyder, and Jack Maxwell. “Lafayette Neighborhood.” Lafayette, Lafayette Historical Society, 1989. Margolis, Eric and Randall C. Vik (producers). "The Life of the Western Coal Miner." Boulder, Co. University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 1983. Maps Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1900, 1908, 1937, and 1946. Map of Section 3, T1S, R69W. Denver: Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. 1940. Oral Interviews Effie Amicarelli, May 31, 2001. Joseph and Betty Beranek, May 17, 2001. Madge Berry, May 31, 2001. Margaret Gibson, May 24, 2001. Norma Vandenbos Ross, May 17, 2001. Transcript: Norman and Dean Ross, by Andrew Patten, Jr. and Phillip Chermack, May 24, 2001. ---PAGE BREAK--- Appendix A. Additions B. Construction Dates C. Recommended Intensive Survey Properties D. Properties Previously Recorded by Colorado Historical Society E. Methodology for Identifying Moved Houses ---PAGE BREAK--- A - 1 A. Additions 1893 - West Lafayette (Reference map on following page for West Lafayette, and Millers’ and Mountain View additions) 1904 - Millers' First Addition 1906 - Millers' Second Addition 1907 - Mountain View Addition 1907 - Mountain View Addition No. 2 1907 - Mountain View Addition No. 3 1907 – Cornelius Re-plat 1948 – Keller’s Re-plat 400 block West Chester to West Emma 1954 – James Bros. Subdivision 300 – 400 blocks West Geneseo Circa 1960 –Re-plat of Miller’s Second Addition Block 1, Lots 1-4 200 block West Geneseo, south side 1985 Amicarella Subdivision 100 block Geneseo, north side west of alley Subdivision Number of Properties Percent Millers' First Addition 17 9 Millers' Second Addition 26 13 Mount View Addition No. 1 55 26 Mount View Addition No. 2 62 30 Mount View Addition No. 3 7 3 James Bros. Subdivision 10 5 Cornelius Re-plat 8 4 Re-plat of Miller’s Second Addition Block 1 4 2 Keller’s Re-plat of Mountain View #2 13 6 Amicarella 5 2 Total 207 100 ---PAGE BREAK--- Appendix B - 1 1940 Rocky Mountain Fuel Company map showing West Lafayette subdivisions and surrounding farms. Courtesy Denver Public Library Western History Collection. West Lafayette North ---PAGE BREAK--- Appendix B - 1 B. Construction Dates Construction Dates by Decade Boulder County Assessor’s Office Decade Number Percent 1900 – 1909 38 18 1910 – 1919 27 13 1920 – 1929 16 7 1930 – 1939 10 5 1940 – 1949 29 14 1950 – 1959 54 26 1960 – 1969 19 9 1970 – 1979 4 2.5 1980 – 1989 6 3 1990 - 1999 4 2.5 Total 207 100 Note: Assessor's dates are estimates, according to staff at the Boulder County Assessor’s office in Boulder. Dates seem to correlate to house types and styles, although some construction dates could indicate a date moved or a date of extensive remodeling. ---PAGE BREAK--- Appendix B - 2 Construction Dates by Year Source: Boulder County Assessor’s Office Const. Year Number Percent 1900 4 2 1904 2 1 1907 4 2 1908 27 13 1909 1 .5 1910 17 8 1912 1 .5 1915 6 3 1916 1 .5 1918 2 1 1920 8 4 1921 1 .5 1925 4 2 1926 1 .5 1928 2 1 1930 1 .5 1932 2 1 1934 1 .5 1936 2 1 1938 2 1 1939 2 1 1940 2 1 1941 2 1 1942 1 .5 1944 1 .5 1945 3 1 1946 2 .5 1947 5 2.5 1948 11 6 1949 2 .5 1950 6 3 1951 2 .5 1952 8 3.5 1953 7 3 1954 8 4 1955 8 4 1956 11 6 1957 3 1 1958 1 .5 ---PAGE BREAK--- Appendix B - 3 Const. Year Number Percent 1961 1 .5 1962 1 .5 1963 6 3 1964 4 2 1965 4 2 1966 1 .5 1969 2 1 1970 2 1 1971 1 .5 1972 1 .5 1985 4 2 1986 1 .5 1987 1 .5 1991 1 .5 1993 1 .5 1994 1 .5 1995 1 .5 Total 207 100