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The Louisville directories for 1916, 1918, and 1921, confirm that John Pellillo rented the <br />building at 510 Second Street (which was the previous address for 1001 Main) for his shoe <br />repair shop and that it was also his residence. These were in the years before his wife and <br />children came from Italy to join him. <br />The 1920 census records further confirm the association of these men with the store. The <br />census records listed the following as living right next to the Tomeo family: John Pellillo, who <br />was a shoemaker who had his "own store"; Archie Gabriele, a miner; and Alfonso Filacchione, a <br />miner. <br />The following undated photos show the store and the two-story building that is now gone; the <br />Tomeo House is not visible in the first photo. <br />In 1923, Eliseo Jacoe opened a grocery store in the building. Before Prohibition began in <br />Colorado in 1916, he and his brothers operated a saloon on Front Street. When Prohibition <br />began, they had a pool hall. Next, they seem to have each pursued different business interests, <br />with Eliseo opening this store. It was one of Louisville's small neighborhood grocery stores <br />where people regularly shopped or to which they called in delivery orders. A number of its <br />former delivery boys still live in the Louisville area. <br />8 <br />