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821 LaFarge- Garage Current Photo (West elevation) <br />HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: <br />Information from Jefferson Place Survey <br />After a succession of early owners, 821 La Farge became the home of the Beretta <br />family for twenty -four years and the Milano family for forty -eight years. Both were Italian <br />families. It also has a connection to the Coet family, as do 809 La Farge (5BL7986) and <br />817 La Farge (5BL7989). <br />Luigi (Louis) Beretta (also given as Baretta) purchased 821 La Farge in 1908 and he <br />lived in this home with his wife, Enrichetta, and their children, Libera and Alve. The <br />Beretta family is listed in Louisville directories as living at "324" La Farge in 1916 and at <br />"318" La Farge in 1918, 1921, 1923, and 1926 (these being addresses under <br />Louisville's old address system). They are also shown in the correct location in the <br />census records for 1920 and 1930, although the family could not be found in the 1910 <br />census for Louisville. <br />In 1950, Angela Milano purchased 821 La Farge and it became a home for the Milano <br />family for forty -eight years, until 1998 when it passed out of the family. During the <br />Depression years, Angela and her children depended on assistance from the County <br />and on the charity of friends and relatives in Louisville, as Joe Milano was not able to <br />support them. According to a Milano family history, the Forte Store at 804 Walnut <br />(5BL11308) in Jefferson Place organized a dance for the Milano family that raised two <br />hundred dollars for the family. <br />4 <br />