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comprise the last remaining residential structures from either side of the 800 block, with the Mossoni House at 836 Main having been the last remaining free-standing residence on either side of the 800 block of Main Street. The three main residential buildings, besides their proximity to one another, also have a common history in terms of the young people who grew up in them and knew one another well. These were mainly Mansueto Pellillo (1911-2006), Ada Pellillo (1912-2014), Evelyn Pellillo (born 1924), Virginia Mossoni (1915-2001), Norman Mossoni (1919-2012), Blossom Henning (1920-2010), and Welcome Henning (1923-2013). Other children associated with the properties were children living with their families at 836 %2 Main as well as the Carnival boys (the grandsons of Lawrence and Marie Mossoni) who grew up at 836 Main. The following 1940s aerial photo from Boulder's Carnegie Library for Local History shows the complex of buildings, including their outbuildings, outlined in red: The following aerial photo from 1962 shows the complex of buildings outlined in red: 836 Main — Early Owners, 1878-1906; Date of Construction The Boulder County Assessor website gives 1890 as the date of construction for the building at 836 Main, while the 1948 Assessor card for this property indicates that the house was built in 1900. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the date of construction of historic Louisville buildings, so it's important to look to other evidence, particular in cases like this one in which the County gives two different dates of construction. The house is clearly shown on the Sanborn map of 1893 (as well as the Sanborn maps of 1900 and 1908). The Colorado Cultural Resource Survey conducted in 2000 took this fact into consideration and put the date of construction as being in circa 1890. Therefore, the 3