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Louis and Angelina D'Agostino are particularly remembered for the poultry business that they operated behind 1245 Grant along Lincoln Avenue and what is now Lafayette Street. At that time, this area was the northwest edge of the town of Louisville, with open space and farms beyond it, and Lafayette Street had not yet been put in. Louis' daughter, Anna, has told the current owners of 1245 Grant that the harsh conditions in the coal mines and their effect on Louis's health led Louis to establish the poultry farm. Current Louisville residents recall that the business supplied fresh eggs to downtown Louisville restaurants such as the Blue Parrot for many years. Louisville directories from the 1940s and 1950s specifically list the D'Agostino family's poultry business. The D'Agostinos' daughter, Anna, and her husband, Glen, have stated to the current owner that some chicken coops were lost in a fire at one point, and that an underground furnace near the current garage location heated the house, chicken coops, and garage. Louis D'Agostino died in 1982, and Angelina D'Agostino died in 1983. (In the late 1940s, a house was built next door to 1245 Grant on lots previously owned by Louis and Angelina. Louis and Angelina gave the lots to their daughter, Anna, and her husband, Glen, upon Glen's return from World War II service, and Glen and Louis built the house. Also, the house of their daughter Rose Marie was located on this block, but on the other side, at 1212 Lincoln, in addition to the houses of other relatives who lived nearby.) The following photo of the house and a ground layout sketch are from the Boulder County Assessor card that is dated 1948. It appears from notations on the card that the sketch's blue marks were made in 1948, the red marks in 1950, and the regular pencil marks in 1956.