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with respect to the date of construction of Louisville buildings. It is possible that this house could have been built in 1900, though this was before the subdivision was platted in 1907. The house appears in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville. For these reasons, the construction date was likely circa 1900-1909. Sabatini Residence/Ownership The 1918 and 1921 Louisville directories show that the residents of 1201 La Farge were Joe Sabatini and his wife, Ortansia "Nadel" Barbieri. In fact, based on a review of the 1910 census records for Louisville, the Sabatini family appears to have been living at 1201 La Farge even in 1910. The family is definitely shown in the location of 1201 La Farge at the time of the 1920 census. Joe Sabatini also was the owner of a relatively large parcel of several lots, purchasing them from James DiGiacomo and Lucia DiGiacomo by a deed recorded in 1922. The lots begin with Lot 25 of Block 2 and now make up the property at 1201 La Farge, 1209 La Farge, and 1221 La Farge. It is possible that Sabatini purchased the lots even earlier than 1922 and that the deed was not recorded with the County until that year. Sabatini was born in Italy in 1872. He and his wife, who was born in about 1880, had five children born between about 1903 and 1916: Amedeo, Stefanina, Orlando, Domenic, and Santina. He came to the US in about 1906, with his wife and oldest two children immigrating in 1907. Records indicate that he worked at different times as both a miner and a farmer. "Nadel" Sabatini had died by the time of the 1920 census. Based on County property records that show when deeds were recorded, Sabatini transferred the property starting with Lot 25 to Rosie Goldstein in the same year of 1922. Goldstein Family Rosie Goldstein owned the property from Lot 25 on from 1922 to 1928. Rosie Goldstein and her husband, Philip, also lived in the house at 1201 La Farge. They are listed in 1920s directories with a La Farge address. According to the 1920 census, Philip and Rosie were from Poland and were Jewish. Philip was born in about 1871 and immigrated in 1889, while Rosie was born in about 1880 and immigrated in 1902. Philip was a "glassman," an occupation that refers to someone who sold windows. Confirming this, John Negri (see below) recalled in a recent interview that his parents purchased the house from a window glazier. Negri Family The Aldo and Josephine Negri family next owned the property, from 1928 to 1945. They had moved to Louisville from the Canon City, Colorado area. Aldo Negri primarily 2