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Gigi Yang Louisville Historical Museum Department of Cultural Services City of Louisville, Colorado April 2024 Citytf Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1234 Jefferson Ave. History Legal Description: LOTS 45-46 BLK 2 NICOLAS DIGIACOMO Year of Construction: c.1910 Summary: The history of 1234 Jefferson characterizes the early role of Italian immigrants in the development of Louisville through the DiGiacamo and Rotolo families from 1907-1920. It also highlights the presence of Hispanic families in Louisville from the 1920s through the 1960s including property ownership by the Lerma Family (1926-1957) and Maestas families (1963-2023). Development of the Nicola DiGiacomo Subdivision This area of Louisville is called the Nicola DiGiacomo Addition, having been platted by Nicola DiGiacomo in 1907. Nicola DiGiacomo owned and farmed this area before filing the plat for a subdivision. This addition consists of 4 % blocks that stretch across the north end of Old Town Louisville. On the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Nicola DiGiacomo is also shown as the owner of the additional property where Louisville Middle School is now located, and the residential area that now extends behind the school and north of it up to South Boulder Road. DiGiacomo was born in Italy in about 1852 and immigrated to the US in about 1882. In the 1910 census, Nicola DiGiacomo was listed as a 57-year-old farmer. Nicola DiGiacomo's wife, Lucia, was also born in Italy in about 1852 and she immigrated in about 1888. Nicola DiGiacomo passed away in 1915. Domenico Rotolo and Antoinette DiGiacomo James Ownership, 1908-1914 In 1908 Nicola DiGiacomo sold lots 31-48 in block 2, lots 55-72 in block 3 and lots 73-90 in block 4 of the Nicola DiGiacomo subdivision to Domenico Rotolo for $1,000. Domenico Rotolo (1873-1938) was born in Vastogivardi, Italy and immigrated to the U.S. around 1890. He is listed in a Boulder County directory as living in Louisville in 1896 and working as a coal miner. He married Antoinette (Annetta) DiGiacomo James (1881-1971) in 1899. Annetta was born in Italy and 4]