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Gigi Yang <br />Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Cultural Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />September 2024 <br />Citytr <br />Om Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />1025 Front St. History <br />Legal Description: LOT 3 BLK 17 CALEDONIA PLACE <br />Year of Construction: c.1896 or later <br />Summary: The history of 1025 Front Street illustrates the development of Louisville through investment <br />in land and coal mining as well as the growth of immigrant populations through family ties. Of note are <br />the early settlement by English and Welsh miners and later by Italian immigrants. The story of the <br />Jacovetta and Bottinelli families reflect how national trends and movements around immigration and <br />labor rights are embodied on an individual scale. <br />Development of the Caledonia Place Subdivision <br />The Caledonia Place subdivision was platted and recorded with Boulder County in 1890 by James <br />Cannon, Jr., Howard Morris, and Henry Brooks. It was the fourth addition to original Louisville, which had <br />been platted in 1878. Caledonia Place is bisected by the railroad tracks with the northeast portion <br />encompassing the Little Italy neighborhood. Block 17 where 1025 Front is located, is in the southwest <br />corner of the subdivision on the west side of the railroad tracks. <br />Early Property Ownership <br />In 1892, two years after the establishment of the Caledonia Place subdivision, William Beamond (b. <br />1856) purchased Lots 3,5, and 6 of Block 17 from James Cannon, Jr., Howard Morris, and Henry Brooks. <br />Beamond was a well-known and well -liked miner, prospector, and speculator in the area. He had <br />immigrated to the U.S. from England in 1881 at the age of 25 and came to Boulder shortly after. He <br />married Ada Hilton (b. 1867) in 1886. Ada's parents, John and Betsy Hilton were also English and were <br />early residents of Louisville. They came to the U.S. in 1876 and settled in Canfield, Colorado when Ada <br />was 9 years old. Ada was the oldest of nine siblings. John Hilton worked as a coal miner in Canfield and <br />the family moved to Louisville around 1892. <br />