Architectural Inventory Form

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1 OAHP1403 Rev. 9/98 COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Architectural Inventory Form Official eligibility determination (OAHP use only) Date Initials Determined Eligible- NR Determined Not Eligible- NR Determined Eligible- SR Determined Not Eligible- SR Need Data Contributes to eligible NR District Noncontributing to eligible NR District I. IDENTIFICATION 1. Resource number: 5JF Temporary resource number: 3. County: Jefferson 4. City: Arvada 5. Historic building name: Newt Olson Residence 6. Current building name: Psychic Reader 7. Building address: 5723 Zephyr St. Arvada, CO Owner name and address: 7900 Ralston Road LLC - PO Box 1500 Arvada, CO II. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 9. P.M. 6th Township: 3S Range: 69W SE SW of Section: UTM reference Zone: 13 ; me mn 11. USGS quad name: Arvada, CO Year: 1994 Map scale: 7.5' X 15' 12. Lot(s): 1-2 Block: N/A Attach photo copy of appropriate map section. Addition: Smith & Rick's Year of Addition: Boundary Description and Justification: The resource boundary is defined by the limit of the current legal parcel as indicated by the Jefferson County Assessor. III. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION 14. Building plan (footprint, shape): Rectangular Plan 15. Dimensions in feet: Length 50 x Width: Number of stories: Primary external wall material(s): Horizontal Siding 18. Roof configuration: Hipped Roof 19. Primary external roof material : Shingle Roof

2 20. Special features: Chimney Porch Fence 21. General architectural description: 1997 survey: One-story, hipped roof, frame dwelling with off-center, projecting, hipped roof, enclosed porch. Widely overhanging eaves, exposed rafters, wood shingle roofing, center brick chimney with metel cap. Walls clad with narrow lap siding; corner boards; wide frieze board; concrete foundation. Off-center, round arched entrance; door of vertical boards with glazing. Cottage style, 4/1- and 5/1-light windows with wood surrounds. Shed roofed bay windows on north and south have clapboard siding. Projecting porch has lap siding, square columns and band of 4/1-light windows; rounded concrete stairs. Paneled and glazed door on north. Parking area behind house update: This building is located on the west side of Zephyr Street and was surveyed from the public rightof-way. A security door has been added to the secondary entrance on the north elevation, which opens onto a small wood deck with a wood base, stick railing, steps, and ramp. The shed roofed bay windows now have the same siding as the rest of the house. All of the windows on the building have architrave surrounds. A third entrance is located on the west elevation with a glazed and paneled door and a security door. A hipped roof projecting addition has also been built on the west elevation clad in the same narrow lap siding as the original building, with paired and triple 4/1-light double-hung windows that have architrave surrounds. The bay window on the south elevation projects off the addition. All of the windows on the foundation have been boarded up. 22. Architectural style/building type: Bungalow 23. Landscaping or special setting features: On the east side, a concrete walkway leads from the sidewalk to the projecting stoop, a flagstone walkway leads from the stoop to the paved driveway located on the south side of the lot, and a stone path from the stoop to the porch on the north elevation. The yard space on the north, south, and east sides of the lot has small cobbles, hedges, and is walled on the east and north sides with a short stone wall. A large metal sign is located in the northeast corner of the lot. A concrete path leads from the parking area to the porch ramp and steps on the north side. The west side of the lot is a paved parking lot; the west elevation of the building is enclosed by a wood slat fence. Additionally, the area between this building and the building to the south is also enclosed by a wood slat fence. 24. Associated buildings, features, or objects: The residence to the south, 5JF1400, is associated with this property. IV. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 25. Date of Construction: Estimate: Actual: 1929 Source of information: Jefferson County Assessor 26. Architect: Unknown Source of information: N/A 27. Builder/Contractor: Unknown Source of information: N/A 28. Original Owner: Newt & Bertha Olson Source of information: 29. Construction History: Harold Olson

3 Newt & Bertha Olson 30. Original location Moved V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Domestic 32. Intermediate use(s): Domestic 33. Current use(s): Commerce/Trade 34. Site type(s): Commerce/Trade-Psychic Reader 35. Historical Background: Harold Olson stated that his parents, Newt A. and Bertha Eastman Olson, built this house after moving to Arvada in Newt Olson operated an Arvada lumber company for many years and was a prominent civic leader. Newt Olson was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, in He married Bertha Elizabeth Eastman in They moved from Iowa to South Dakota, then to Thermopolis, Wyoming, where Mr. Olson started a lumber business. The Olsons, together with William T. and Ann Olson, moved to Arvada in 1922 to start a new lumber business at the corner of Wadsworth and 57th Avenue. Newt Olson was an organizer of the Arvada Retail Credit Association; was first president of the first Chamber of Commerce, an organization which he was active in for many years; master of the Masonic Lodge and president of the Lion s Club; and served on the Jefferson County selective service committee during World War I. His son noted that Newt Olson created the idea of an annual Harvest Festival based on similar things he had done in Wyoming. He was also a founder of the Arvada Boy s Band sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Harold Olson remembered that his father loved all children and kept a supply of candy in his office for them the town children called him Uncle Newt. He described his father as a very warm and friendly, outgoing and well liked, tall, heavy-set, bald, intelligent, but with little formal education." Mrs. Olson was active in the Methodist Church and the Women s Christian Temperance Union. Newton Allen Olson passed away in 1950 and Bertha Eastman Olson died in City directories in 1946 and 1948 indicate that William T. and Ann Olson were living here. In 1946, Mr. Olson was employed as Jefferson County Clerk update: The above research was conducted during the 1997 survey. In 2001, Daniel J. and Karen Ann Gardner purchased the home from Robert H. Sonheim. The current owner, 5721 Zephyr Street LLC, acquired the home in Further research using Jefferson County Assessor records, Arvada City Directories, Historic Sanborn maps, and City of Arvada documents did not yield any additional information about this property. 36. Sources of Information: VI. SIGNIFICANCE Jefferson County Assessor records; Sanborn Map Co., Arvada Fire Insurance Maps; Arvada City Directories, ; Arvada Historical Society, Arvada: Just Between You and Me (Boulder: Johnson Publishing Co., 1983), passim; Arvada Historical Society Files, Harold Olson Interview. 37. Local landmark designation: Yes No Designating authority: 38. Applicable National Register Criteria A. B. C. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of out history; Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; Embodies the distinctive charactersitics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distiguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

4 D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory. Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual) Does not meet any of the above National Register Criteria Property is unevaluate 39. Area(s) of significance: Architecture; Commerce 40. Period of significance: Level of Significance Local State National N/A 42. Statement of significance: This house is associated with prominent Arvada businessman Newton Allen Olson, who founded the Newt Olson Lumber Company, and was a community leader. The house, although altered by the enclosure of the porch, reflects the Bungalow style through its hipped roof with widely overhanging eaves and exposed rafters, very narrow lap siding, multi-/single-light windows, and prominent porch update: 5JF1401 is located in the Reno Park Addition Historic District, which is listed on the NRHP as significant under Criteria A and C under the areas of community planning and development as well as architecture. This property is significant under Criterion C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: The small wood deck and ramp on the north elevation, enclosed front porch, the window alterations, and the addition on the west elevation compromise the integrity of design, feeling, workmanship, and materials. In this 2013 evaluation, we conclude that this property has retained integrity of workmanship, materials, location, setting, and association. SWCA agrees with the previous determination made by the Colorado SHPO that this property, while not individually eligible for listing on the NRHP, is contributing to the Reno Park Addition Historic District under Criterion C. The property cannot be contributing under Criterion B because the district is listed as significant under Criteria A and C. VII. NATIONAL REGISTER ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT 44. National Register eligibility field assessment: Eligible Not Eligible Needs Data 45. Is there National Register district potential? Yes No Discuss: This property is located in a listed district. If there is National Register district potential, is the building: Contributing Noncontributing 46. If the building is in an existing National Register District, is it: Contributing Noncontributing VIII. RECORDING INFORMATION 47. Photograph Numbers: Negatives filed at: SWCA Environmental Consultants, 295 Interlocken Blvd. Suite 300, Broomfield, CO Report Title: 49. Date(s): 9/26/ Recorder(s): JLM 51. Organization: SWCA Environmental Consultants

5 52. Address: 295 Interlocken Blvd. Suite 300, Broomfield, CO Phone number(s): NOTE:Please include a sketch map, a photocopy of the USGS quad map indicating resource location, and photographs. Colorado Historical Society - Office of Archaeology Historic Preservation 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO (303)