Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2022 09 19

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themselves became important figures in Louisville's "spaghetti economy" of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s in particular, with Joe operating the Blue Parrot Restaurant and Anthony operating Colacci's Restaurant. The 1920 census shows Mike and Mary Colacci, and their young sons Joe and Anthony, living at 1209 Main. Mike was listed as being a coal miner, but the couple by then had already started the business that would become the Blue Parrot. Jim Colacci could not be located in the 1920 census. In the 1920s, Mike and Mary Colacci and their sons had moved down Main Street to live by the Blue Parrot, where they could tend to their growing restaurant business. In 1922, Mike Colacci's brother, Jim, who was still the co-owner and who had lived in the house earlier, purchased Mike's half -ownership interest. He became the full owner and made it his residence. Both Colacci brothers were active bootleggers during Colorado's Prohibition, which lasted from 1916 until 1933. Besides working as a coal miner, trying a dairy business with his brother, and making and selling alcohol during Prohibition, Jim Colacci also engaged in other activities to bring in income. This photo from the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum came with handwriting that indicated that he was a business partner of Rome Perrella at the latter's auto business at the southwest corner of Main and Walnut, likely been in the 1920s or early 1930s. Jim is indicated as being the man on the left. By 1930, if not earlier, Jim Colacci also started a poultry business on his property at 1209 Main that he would have for many years. He also began to rent out part of his property to renters — a longtime practice in Louisville that benefitted both the property owner and the tenants, particularly during years when levels of 5 housing stock were low. Between 1930 and 1959, Bacon's report shows a history of different renters sharing the property at 1209 Main with Jim Colacci. In 1959, Agnes and Joe Stelmack bought 1209 Main and continued to live there. (The 1960 directory lists Jim Colacci as still living at 1209 Main as well, although this may have been a carryover from their situation in 1959.) The house was sold after Agnes's 1995 death. Erich and Deborah Walls purchased 1209 Main from the Stelmack family in 1996. They, in turn, sold it to Jeffrey Smith and Stacey Brangenberg in 2001. In 2021, Stacey Brangenberg became the sole owner, and in 2022, she sold it to Defend Colorado, LLC, which is the current owner of record. ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY: The property at 1209 Main Street contains a primary structure and a detached garage. The primary structure is a one-story Bungalow with a rectangular floor plan and a projecting front porch. The Bungalow exhibits some Craftsman -style elements, including a clipped gable roof, tapered front porch columns, and overhanging eaves. The bungalow form with Craftsman ornamentation was a popular vernacular style nationwide in the 1910s. In Louisville, bungalows "with clipped gables and little or no ornamentation" like the one at 1209 Main represent a common type of Bungalow in Louisville's housing stock, according to the 2018 residential historic context report for Louisville. The detached garage is shown on an aerial photograph from 1962 and is therefore at least 60 years old. There is no apparent documentation of the structure other than in aerial photography and no apparent connection to the social history of the property. The primary structure retains a high level of integrity. The primary structure remains in its original location and appears to have had the same footprint since at least 1948 as shown on the Assessor's Card. The overall design has been maintained through the footprint, roof, and porch elements described above. Likewise, the window and door locations appear to be maintained, based on the Assessor's Card and a staff site visit inside the house, though the Demolition Review, 1209 Main Street 8