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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado February 2014 Cityqr Louisville COLORADO .SINCE 1878 1245 Grant Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 83-84, Block 4, Nicola Di Giacomo Addition, Louisville, Colorado Summary: The date of original construction is unknown, as the house was moved from a mine camp to its current location. This move is believed to have taken place in 1927. The house was the home of the Italian/French D'Agostino family for several decades. Development of the Nicola Di Giacomo Addition This area of Louisville is called the Nicola Di Giacomo Addition, having been platted by Nicola Di Giacomo in 1907. Nicola Di Giacomo owned and farmed this area before filing the plat for a subdivision. This addition consists of 4 %2 blocks that stretch across the north end of Old Town of Louisville. Patete/D'Agostino Ownership of Property, 1922-1983; Discussion of Date of Construction This house is connected with Louisville's extended Patete/D'Agostino/Inama/Helart family, as are other houses nearby. Together, they provide an example of family members living in houses clustered near one another in Louisville. The matriarch of the family, Annie Patete, is believed to have had seven children and two stepchildren with three husbands, each of whom predeceased her. She was born in Italy in 1874 and came to the U.S. in 1898, marrying her first husband, widower Michael Bartimoccio of Louisville, in 1899. (Their daughter, Angelina, and her family would end up living at 1245 Grant for over fifty years.) Following his death, she married a member of the Lombardi family, and when he passed away, she married Michael Patete. In 1922, Annie Patete purchased an entire block of downtown Louisville. Today, this consists of the 1200 block of Grant and Lincoln, bordered by Grant on the east, Lafayette on the north, Lincoln on the west, and Caledonia on the south. She purchased the property from Louisville