Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2022 04 11

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GROUND PLAN SKETCH IINOICATt NUNRq 6MRI981 4(¢ FRONT Peter F. Murphy platted the subdivision of Murphy Place in 1907. He did so as President of the Louisville Realty & Securities Company. It became the location of Louisville's Frenchtown. The Genaro and Aldovina Madonna family owned the historic home at 421 County Road from 1919 to 1983. Also starting in 1919, they owned lots behind their home (Lots 7-13, Block 2, Murphy Place) that are now the location of 929 Parkview Street. According to the Madonna family, Genaro and Aldovina used the lots behind the historic family home for their abundant gardens. It was at 421 County Road that Genaro and Aldovina Madonna raised their children, who were Anthony Joseph "Joe" (1917-1984); Lois Madonna McDaniel (1919-2008); Violanda Madonna Mason (1920-2004); and Vincenzo "Jim" Salvatore Madonna (1921-2004). Site plan sketch from the 1952 Boulder In 1949, Genaro and Aldovina Madonna conveyed County Assessors Card Lots 7, 8, and 9, Block 2, to their son Joe Madonna and his wife, Irene Barbara Denning Madonna (1925-2020). She was an English "war bride" whom Joe Madonna had met in World War II and had brought back to live in Louisville. A small article in the Sept. 29, 1949 Louisville Times noted that Joe Madonna was building a home at the Parkview location and that it was going up rapidly. He completed the house in 1952. In 1953, Genaro and Aldovina also conveyed ownership of Lots 10, 11, 12, and 13, Block 2 (to the east of the house at 929 Parkview Street) to Joe and Irene Barbara Madonna. Joe Madonna was a community leader in the 1950 when Louisville transformed itself after the coal mining era ended. Louisville Times articles from the 1950s document his extensive involvement in community improvements. In recognition of his contributions, the Louisville Historical Commission selected Madonna to posthumously receive the 2017 Pioneer Award. 929 Parkview Street became the home of Joe and Irene Barbara Madonna, and they raised their children there. After Joe died in 1984, Irene Barbara continued to live in the house. She passed away in 2020. In 1992, Irene Barbara Madonna sold property to the north of and adjacent to 929 Parkview Street that Joe Madonna had acquired in the 1950s. This became the Front Court Subdivision. The transaction appears to have included a small section of 929 Parkview and slightly altered the legal description of the property at 929 Parkview.