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Like the Joseph and Rose DelPizzo house at 1133 Main, the house at 1133 Main was a center of <br />activity of Italian cultural practices. These included winemaking in the cellar of the house, <br />cooking of Italian foods, and keeping a large garden in the back yard. The Jacoe Store, an Italian <br />grocery store, was located directly across the street and the family shopped there (it is <br />currently the location of the Louisville Historical Museum). Laurina acquired properties on Front <br />Street behind 1000 Main and rented them out. <br />All four children stayed in Louisville and were involved in the community. Son Tony DelPizzo <br />served on the Louisville City Council from 1974-1982. <br />After the death of Laurina in 1981 (which came after the death of Nicola in 1970), their four <br />children as heirs conveyed ownership of 1000 Main to Albert and his wife, Wanda. Albert and <br />Wanda continued to live elsewhere in Louisville, however. <br />In 2003, Albert and Wanda DelPizzo took action to share their ownership of the property with <br />their son, Alan, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Albert passed away in 2007 and Alan <br />in 2015. Following Wanda's death in 2018, her personal representative, a DelPizzo nephew, <br />sold 1000 Main to Mary and Patrick Smith. <br />The preceding research is based on a review of relevant and available online County property records, census <br />records, oral history interviews, Louisville directories, and Louisville Historical Museum maps, files, obituary <br />records, and historical photographs from the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum. <br />5 <br />