Historic Preservation Commission Agenda and Packet 2024 06 17

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2.0 History and Use 2.0 Building History Information from Bridget Bacon, City of Louisville Museum Coordinator Date of Construction: circa 1909 Summary: This was the first Louisville home of Mike Colacci, who with his wife Mary founded Louisville's _lue Parrot Restaurant while they lived at 1209 Main; Mike _olacci's brother, Jim, who co -owned it from the start, became the sole owner of the house in 1922 and lived there. The property was the site of Jim Colacci's poultry business as well as the house being the likely site of Colacci's bootlegging activities during Prohibition. Development of the Nicola Di Giacomo Addition This area of Louisville was named the Nicola Di Giacomo Addition, having been platted by Nicola Di Giacomo in 1907. Nicola Di Giacomo 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 of Louisville. (On the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Nicola Di Giacomo is also shown as the owner of the additional property where Louisville Middle School is now located, and of the residential area that now extends behind the school and north of it up to South Boulder Road.) DiGiacomo was born in Italy in 1852 and immigrated to the US in about 1882. Colacci Family Ownership, 1908-1959; Discussion of Date of Construction Arcangelo Michele "Mike" _olacci (1886-1970) and Vincenzo James "Jim" _olacci (1884-1964) were brothers who had emigrated from Bojano, Campobasso, Italy (Mike reportedly in 19051907, and Jim reportedly in 1908). The two purchased the property at 1209 Main in 1908 and built the house soon after. This house at 1209 Main was the first Louisville home of Mike Colacci, the founder of the Blue Parrot Restaurant that he and his wife, Mary, started in 1919 and that put Louisville on the map as being a restaurant town with Italian food that drew diners from all over the Denver area and beyond. 1209 Main Street Page