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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />November 2016 <br />ILZ Cityof <br />Louisville <br />COLORAnO • SINCE 187E <br />701 Garfield Ave. History <br />Legal Description: Lot 9 less the north 10 feet, plus Lots 10 and 11, Block 8, Louisville <br />Heights subdivision <br />Year of Construction: 1907 <br />Summary: Anthony C. V. Romeo built this house in 1907 out of stone brought from <br />Marshall. He and his wife, who were both born in Italy, and their children were a lively, <br />talented, musical family. "Tony" Romeo was a miner, union organizer, and the owner of <br />a second hand goods store on Front Street in downtown Louisville. The Romeo family <br />owned and lived in the house until 1919. Other longtime owners were the Binks and <br />Maxwell families. <br />Development of the Louisville Heights Subdivision; Date of Construction <br />The Louisville Heights Addition in which this house sits was first developed in 1904 by <br />the Colorado Mortgage and Investment Co. Ltd. <br />The 1948 Boulder County Assessor card for this property as well as the current Boulder <br />County Assessor website both give 1907 as the year of construction. Although the <br />County has been found to be in error with respect to the dates of construction of some <br />historic buildings in Louisville, this date appears to be accurate. Although the warranty <br />deed was not recorded until 1908, the deed of trust was recorded in 1907, indicating <br />that the transaction whereby the lots were purchased took place earlier than 1908. The <br />house does appear on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, so it was built by 1909. <br />For the foregoing reasons, the estimated date of construction is 1907. <br />Romeo Family Ownership, 1907-1919 <br />Anthony C. V. Romeo (1874-1951) and Mary Vita Girardo Romeo (born about 1883; <br />death date unknown) purchased this property from the subdivision developers in about <br />1907. Anthony also went by the name Tony or Tony C. V. His last name was originally <br />Romano, and he changed it to Romeo. According to his son, he changed it because of <br />1 <br />