841 Jefferson Ave Historic Survey

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Resource Number: 5BL 11307 Temporary Resource Number: 157508484001 Following the deaths of Jane Carlton and Margaret Carlton in the early 1940s, and after at least fifty years of ownership by the Carlton family, this property was rented out to John Cunning (1899-1982) and Maude Cunning (1898-circa 1964). He was a miner. Directories show that they lived at 841 Jefferson from at least 1943 to 1946. John Cunning's mother, Margaret Thirlaway, was related to members of the Thirlaway family who lived in Jefferson Place. Although the exact year could not be located in the online County property records, it was between 1943 and 1948 that the Mossoni family purchased 841 Jefferson. In 1949, Lawrence and Marie (Zarini) Mossoni conveyed the property to their son, Norman Mossoni. Although the property has occasionally changed hands among members of the Mossoni family over the years, Norman Mossoni has been the primary owner and resident with his wife and family, and is the current owner to this day. Records indicate that he and his wife, Imogene, had children Mark, Troy, and Tracy, and that Imogene Mossoni passed away in 1972. Norm Mossoni was born in Louisville in 1919 and grew up in his parents' home at 836 Main Street (5BL8013). His father, Lawrence (1889-1983), was an Italian -born Main Street businessman who had a hardware store on Main Street, owned the Twin Light Tavern (and before that, a pool hall) at 728 Main (5BL8009), owned what is today the Huckleberry building at 700 Main (5BL961.5), had a service station, invested in the Hi -Way Mine, and had other business interests in the Louisville area in addition to serving on the town council and serving as fire chief. Norman's mother, Marie Zarini Mossoni (1893-1973) grew up at 824 La Farge (5BL7992) in Jefferson Place as the daughter of Joseph and Virginia Zarini, who had both been born in Italy. Norman Mossoni's jobs included working at the Twin Light Tavern, working as a contractor, and working at Dow Chemical and Rockwell International. In 1959, the Mossoni family extensively remodeled and expanded 841 Jefferson and built the small house to the west, 620 Walnut. In 1973, an alley west of 620 Walnut was vacated. The 1980 Boulder County appraiser card for 841 Jefferson includes a photograph and appraisal of 620 Walnut, which was still part of the property at the time. In 1998, Norman Mossoni re -platted the entire parcel as "Mossoni Place" with 841 Jefferson on Lot 1 and 620 Walnut on Lot 2. The Mossoni family has owned 841 Jefferson for at least sixty-three years. Another address found for 841 Jefferson, under Louisville's old address system, was 340 Jefferson. The address was known as 845 Jefferson in 1940, when addresses were in transition. 36. Sources of information: Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through http://recorder.bouldercounty.org. Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909. Methodist Church Parish Map of Louisville, Colorado, circa 1923-25. Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908. Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum. Louisville Building Permit files 5