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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado January 2012 ILZ Cityof Louisville COLORA DO • SINCE 187S 927 Main St. History Legal Description: South 1/2 Lot 2, Block 5, Original Louisville Year of Construction: circa 1900; exact year of construction not known at this time Previous Addresses of this Property: 432 Second Street (Second being the former name of Main Street); 436 Main; 422 Main (under Louisville's old address system that ended in the late 1930s); 925 Main; 921 Main; 929 Main Summary: William Pearson, a Scotsman, had a jeweler and watchmaker business at this location in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and the Pearson family also lived there. From the early 1920s until the 1930s, the building was used for a few different Italian groceries and was also a residence. For many years from the 1950s to the 1990s, a laundromat was located at 927 Main. Earliest Ownership; Date of Construction The Boulder County Assessor gives two different dates for when this building might have been constructed. The County Assessor card for 927 Main, which dates from 1948, states that it was constructed in 1900, while the County website indicates that it was constructed in 1925. The County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the construction dates of historic buildings in Louisville. It is very possible that the 1900 date was an estimate by the County and that the 1925 date was actually the date of a remodel. The exact year of construction is not known at this time. Looking back at the earliest ownership of this property, Louis Nawatny sold Lot 2 to Thomas Knight in 1879, one year after the establishment of Louisville in 1878. John Harris purchased it in 1880. The identities of the owners between 1880 and 1885 could not be located. In 1885, Henry Cope acquired the property through a public treasurer's deed. In 1890, Henry Cope sold Lot 2 to Pascal James and Pietro James, who were Italian -born brothers (the original name being DiGiacomo) who were among the first