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community events through their involvement with the Chamber, Society of Italian Americans, the Historical Museum, and other organizations. In 1992, the Louisville Historical Commission selected Eugene Caranci to receive the Louisville Pioneer Award, and in 2006, the Commission selected Virginia Caranci to receive the same award. This Louisville Pioneer Award I City of Louisville, CO (louisvilleco.gov) page at the Historical Museum website tells of what they each did for the Louisville community. The two are also remembered for having made themselves available to talk about Louisville history and Italian culture in Louisville. For example, in her 2011 oral history interview, Virginia described the traditional Christmas Eve dinner at the Caranci home at 1101 with seven different Italian seafood dishes, and Eugene was interviewed for articles such as this 2012 article about the Society of Italian Americans and its annual festival, La Festa. Recent Architectural Analysis According to the 2018 report "Stories in Places: Putting Louisville's Residential Development in Context" (Microsoft Word - Final Louisville Residential Context 111918 (louisvilleco.gov)) written by PaleoWest Archaeology for the City of Louisville, with respect to the Bungalow Form (1900-1930): "Bungalows are one or one -and -one -half -story mass -plan houses that tend to (but not always) have large front porches. They reflect many of the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement (1880-1920). The Bungalow form is abundant in Louisville. Although some have a clear Craftsman style (see below), many do not; a very recognizable alternate type in Louisville is the Bungalow with clipped gables and little or no ornamentation. Bungalows in Louisville also commonly feature stucco as the exterior material, such as seen at 1101 Main Street (Figure 122).... Defining characteristics seen on Bungalows in Louisville include the following (Colorado Historical Society 2008): • Gently pitched front or side gable roof • Large front porch with thick columns • Clipped gable • Overhanging eaves • Stucco or wood on exterior • One or one -and -one-half story" (page 111). The Residential Context Report also described 1101 Main Street as being a "stucco clipped gable with porch and high integrity" (p. 158). The preceding research is based on a review of relevant and available online County property records, census records, oral history interviews, Louisville directories, and Louisville Historical Museum maps, files, and obituary records. 11