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construction date is presumed to be "circa 1890." (The house also appears in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville at the Museum.) Louis Nawatny was the founder of Louisville in 1878 and the first owner of the lots in original Louisville. However, the chain of ownership could not be taken back to before 1890, when Peter M. Peltier acquired this lot (and Lot 10) from the Boulder County Treasurer. The property documents indicate the previous owner, whose identity is unknown, had not paid the taxes on the lots. Peter Peltier (1863-1937) was from Illinois and in 1889 he married Charlotte Butcher (1870- 1942) of Louisville. Her parents and siblings had come from Wales to Louisville. Peltier was a prominent citizen and businessman (and, later, a mine owner) in Louisville who was listed as "city treasurer and saloon keeper" in the 1896 Louisville directory. Based on the estimate of 1890 as its date of construction, it seems likely that the house was constructed just before or soon after Peltier purchased the property. It would also make sense that it may have been constructed around the time of Peter and Charlotte Peltier's 1889 marriage. In 1899, Peter Peltier transferred ownership to his wife, Charlotte. Peltier divested himself of Lot 10, but the family kept Lot 11 and it is believed to have been the family residence. However, the 1900 directory shows the Peltier family, with son William, to be living in Boulder, and the house at 836 Main may have been rented out at that time. After 16 years, the property left the Peltier family and the Patrick M. and Mary Powers family acquired it. Powers Ownership, 1906-1920 Mary Powers purchased Lot 11 from Charlotte Peltier in 1906. Mary Powers (1874-1958) and her husband, Patrick (1878-1936), were both of Irish heritage. He worked as a coal miner. The 1910 census records show them to be living on Main Street in this approximate location. The only residential directories from the time of the Powers' ownership of the house are for 1916 and 1918, and both show them to be living in this location. Mary Powers was the owner of the house at the time of the creation of the 1908 Sanborn fire insurance map. As noted in the 2000 Colorado Cultural Resource Survey for this property, which is incorporated into this report by reference, the enclosed front porch did not appear on the 1908 or on the earlier Sanborn maps (excerpts of which appear above). Mossoni Family Ownership, 1920-2005 (85 Years of Ownership) The Mossoni family acquired the property in 1920, and with their descendants, who were members of the Carnival family, this family owned the property for 85 years and for four generations. Bartolomea "Lena" Mossoni (1862-1937) was the family's first legal owner of the property. Her husband, Joseph (Giuseppe) (1863-1923), had emigrated from northern Italy to Colorado, followed by Lena and their children, who joined him in 1902. Soon after, the family came to 4