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Resource Number: 5BL 11324
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508405013
<br />confirmed, and there is some conflicting information in the records. On the one hand, the 1904 directory shows that
<br />the John and Lodovica Vercellono family was residing in this location ("Walnut btw. Jefferson & Lafarge") in 1904,
<br />indicating that the house may have been built before 1905. On the other hand, the house at 709 Walnut does not
<br />appear on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville. As 701 Walnut also does not appear on the 1909 map, also
<br />contrary to what would be expected, it is possible that this was an oversight for this entire corner.
<br />The house at 709 Walnut does appear in the correct location on the Methodist Church Map of Louisville that was
<br />made in circa 1923-25.
<br />In 1938, Dominic and Lillian Buffo purchased these lots from the daughter of Lodovica and John Vercellono,
<br />Catherine Cito. Dominic and Lillian made their home at 709 Walnut and raised their children (James, William,
<br />Kenneth, and Marie) there. The Buffo family is an Italian family that came to Louisville in the 1890s. Dominic (1900-
<br />1976) had grown up at 936 La Farge in Jefferson Place as the son of Michael and Maria Buffo. Lillian Majors Buffo
<br />(1902-1990) was from Oklahoma.
<br />Dominic, like his father, worked as a coal miner. In 1944, he suffered a severe injury due to a mining accident at the
<br />Columbine Mine. According to a copy of a 1946 workman's claim for compensation to the Industrial Commission of
<br />Colorado, the nature of his disability was that his right arm was amputated, his right side was partially paralyzed, and
<br />he could no longer speak.
<br />In 1954, Dominic and Lillian Buffo transferred Lot 17 and part of lot 18, which made up the side yard to 709 Walnut,
<br />to their son and daughter-in-law, William ("Bill") and Betty Buffo, so that they could build a house next door and live
<br />there and help provide care for Dominic Buffo due to his ongoing disability.
<br />Bill Buffo, who was born in 1931, died in 2011. Betty Buffo still resides at 711 Walnut, and the Buffo family still owns
<br />both 709 and 711 Walnut.
<br />Another address found for 709 Walnut, under Louisville's old address system, was 427 Walnut. When the address
<br />system changed, the address became known as 703 Walnut in 1943, 708 Walnut in 1946, and then, finally, 709
<br />Walnut in 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.
<br />Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through
<br />http://recorder.bouldercountv.orci.
<br />Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestrv.com
<br />Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909.
<br />Methodist Church Parish Map of Louisville, Colorado, circa 1923-25.
<br />Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908.
<br />Green Mountain Cemetery Index to Interment Books, 1904-1925, Boulder Genealogical Society, 2006.
<br />Louisville, Colorado cemetery records, accessed at http://files.usawarchives.ora/co/boulder/cemeteries/louisville.txt
<br />Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum, including copy of a workman's claim for compensation
<br />for Dominic Buffo dated Sept. 6, 1946, to the Industrial Commission of Colorado.
<br />Interview of William Buffo, October 2010, by Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator, Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Louisville building permit files
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