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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from Historian Bridget Bacon <br />This property is part of East Louisville, which wasplatted in 1906 by Bill Lee.The <br />building is currently owned by the applicant,Steve Poppitz, and is used as a single- <br />family residence. <br />Early Owners; GuenziFamily,1907-2012 <br />Henry and Josephine Guenzi, Italian immigrants, bought the lots in 1907 and likely built <br />the house in 1908. Henry worked as a coal miner, and died in the influenza epidemic of <br />1918. Josephine continued living inthe house until her death in 1963, where she ran a <br />small business of dressmaking and hemstitching.She had three children: Jennie, Carl, <br />and Edith. <br />Jennie worked for the Louisville Telephone Exchange, eventually becoming manager. <br />Carl worked as a hoisting engineer at the Hi-Way Mine before he moved to 913 <br />Jefferson, where he started Carl’s Electric. Edith worked for Mountain Bell, and took <br />over 1036 Walnut upon her mother’s death. She continued to own the house until her <br />death in 2011 at age 100. <br /> <br />1948 Assessor’sPhoto <br />2 <br />