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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado December 2016 I�f city Louisville COLORADO * SINCE 187E 1436 Cannon St. History Legal Description: Lot 8, Block 7, Caledonia Place Year of Construction: circa 1903-1908 Summary: Italian families owned this small home in the Little Italy neighborhood for about 40 years. In 1948, it became the home of a family of Hispanic heritage that had relatives living next door, showing the evolution of the Little Italy neighborhood from residents being predominantly Italian to there also being other ethnic groups represented in the neighborhood. Development of Caledonia Place The subdivision in which 1436 Cannon is located is Caledonia Place. It was platted and recorded with Boulder County in 1890 by James Cannon, Jr., Howard Morris, and Henry Brooks. It was the fourth addition to original Louisville, which had been platted in 1878. Little Italy Neighborhood; Ownership by Zarlengo and Piscitella Families (1903-1907) In 1893, Peter James (a name that was Americanized from "Di Giacomo") bought all twelve lots of Block 7 of the Caledonia Place Addition from the United Coal Company, the company of Caledonia Place founder James Cannon. Peter James sold off different lots to buyers. The neighborhood in which this house is located is known as Little Italy. The particularly high concentration of Italians in Little Italy, historically, and the separation of this enclave from the rest of the town due to the railroad tracks led to the formation of a close neighborhood and to cultural practices that endured for decades. The high concentration of Italians in this neighborhood eventually changed to a mixture of Italian and Hispanic families as well as those with other backgrounds. 1