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Resource Number: 5BL 11310
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508405003
<br />The County gives 1900 as an estimated date of construction for this house, but a house at this location is believed to
<br />have been constructed a bit later. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the dates
<br />of construction of historic buildings in Louisville. In this case, the fact that it was not until 1903 that Joseph Tartaglio
<br />owned all of the lots that make up this property, and that he obtained them from two different sellers, would suggest
<br />that the house was constructed in 1903 or later.
<br />To add to the uncertainty of when the house was built, the house at 928 Jefferson does not appear in the correct
<br />location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville or on the Methodist Church Map of Louisville that was made in
<br />circa 1923-25. It is not known why it does not appear on either map, unless the current house had not yet been
<br />constructed, or the original house that was here was simply not occupied at either time. The fact that the Tartaglio
<br />family was living on this block of Jefferson at the time of the 1904 directory, and that the family did not own other
<br />property at the time, would suggest that there was a house at this location by 1904.
<br />Tartaglio sold the property at 928 Jefferson (with the deed having been recorded in 1923) to Charles Palizzi. The
<br />house is still owned by the Palizzi/Slavec family.
<br />Directories starting in 1926, as well as the 1930 census records, place the Palizzi family on Jefferson in the house at
<br />this exact location. Charles Palizzi (whose first name is also stated to be "Carmil") was born in Italy in circa 1905 and
<br />came to the US in about 1921, according to the 1930 census records. His wife, Flora Scran, was born in Louisville to
<br />Italian -born parents in 1911. They married in 1928 and had one child, Marie, who was 1 year old in 1930. Directories
<br />from 1928 and 1930 show that other members of the Palizzi family, including Charles' mother, Mary, and another
<br />relative, Daniel, also resided at 928 Jefferson.
<br />Charles Palizzi passed away in 1932 at the age of 27. His widow, Flora Palizzi, continued to own and reside at 928
<br />Jefferson until about 1935, then is not listed as living in this location for some years. Directories show that from at
<br />least 1940 to 1946, there was a period of time when the house was rented to Joe D'Amato and Rose Madonna
<br />D'Amato. They are remembered in Louisville as having been the owners and operators of Joe's Fruit Store, an Italian
<br />grocery store located at 920 Main Street (5BL8047), from the 1940s to the 1970s. Joe D'Amato was born in Italy in
<br />1902 and died in 1980. Rosa Madonna D'Amato was born in Louisville in 1920 and grew up as a member of the
<br />Madonna family that lived at 701 Walnut (5BL11323) in Jefferson Place, located very close to the D'Amato rented
<br />home at 928 Jefferson. She died in 2003.
<br />By the mid 1940s, Flora Palizzi and her daughter, Marie Palizzi, were again listed in directories as living in Louisville.
<br />Directories show that they resided at 1237 Main St. Marie Palizzi graduated from Louisville High School in 1946.
<br />In 1948, Marie Palizzi married Rudy Slavec and they moved back to the Palizzi home at 928 Jefferson. In 1953, Flora
<br />Palizzi transferred ownership of 928 Jefferson, and Marie and Rudy Slavec became the legal owners of the property.
<br />Flora Palizzi died in 1996.
<br />Rudy Slavec was born in 1926 in Aguilar, Colorado to Mary and Tony Slavec. Shortly after his birth, his family moved
<br />to Louisville, where they lived at 944 Garfield Ave. Tony Slavec had emigrated from Slovenia in 1911. Rudy
<br />graduated from Louisville High School in 1944 and served in the Navy in World War II. His obituary states that he
<br />was a long-time employee for the ConAgra flour mill, served on the Louisville City Council (serving 1956-1958), and
<br />volunteered as a fire fighter in Louisville for over twenty-five years. Rudy and Marie Slavec had two children, Rudy,
<br />Jr. and Jerry.
<br />Rudy Slavec passed away in 2007. Marie Palizzi Slavec continues to own and reside at 928 Jefferson.
<br />The Boulder County Assessor card for this property shows that by 1955, there was an addition to and remodel of this
<br />house, and a basement added. An additional building on the property with a carport was constructed by 1961.
<br />Other addresses found for 928 Jefferson, under Louisville's old address system, were 430 Jefferson, 427 Jefferson,
<br />and 431 Jefferson. The address was listed in the 1949 directory as being 938 Jefferson, which could have been an
<br />error since the address was given in directories as 928 Jefferson both before and after 1949.
<br />36. Sources of information:
<br />Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
<br />in Boulder, Colorado.
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