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Resource Number: 5BL961.3 <br />Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form <br />(Page 3 of 5) <br />V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS <br />31. Original use(s): Single Dwelling <br />32. Intermediate use(s): Industry/ Processing/ Extraction / Manufacturing Facility <br />33. Current use(s): Single Dwelling <br />34. Site type(s): Residence <br />35. Historical Background <br />This house was built in 1908, and has served as a single family residence since that time. Over the years, the <br />property has been home to just two families. Joseph and Philomina Jannucci, who had immigrated to Louisville from <br />Italy, were the original owners. Members of the Jannucci family lived here into the late 1970s. John T. & Rowen <br />Jan Leary, the current owners, have held the property since 1977. <br />After moving to Louisville, Joseph Jannucci worked as a coal miner, while the family grew vegetables in a large <br />garden on several lots around their home. Ernest Jannucci (possibly Joseph's brother), ran a grocery store on Main <br />Street, where the vegetables were sold. The Jannuccis also had a "macaroni factory" in the basement of their house <br />here on LaFarge Avenue. According to John Leary, the macaroni factory consisted of cast iron machinery which <br />mixed dough and rolled it out into pasta. A drive shaft, attached to the machinery, extended through the upper <br />basement wall into the backyard, where it engaged a gear system. A horse, which was attached to the gear <br />system, turned in a circle, thereby rotating the machinery in the basement and rolling out the pasta. <br />Owners and residents here since 1977, the Learys have made their own mark on the Louisville community. Now <br />retired, John Leary worked for the State of Colorado for many years. He served as a Louisville City Councilman, <br />and was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor. Mrs. Leary enjoyed a career as a teacher, and is also an artist. <br />36. Sources of Information <br />(Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. <br />Conarroe, Carolyn. "The Brick House at 1116 LaFarge..." The Louisville Times, April 30, 1980, p. 17. <br />Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. <br />Leary, John T. Oral interview with Carl McWilliams, March 28, 2000. <br />Mehls, Steven F., Mehls, Carol Drake, and Fell, James E. Jr. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building <br />Inventory Record", (1116 LaFarge Avenue), August 2, 1985. On file at the Colorado Historical Society, Office of <br />Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Denver, CO. <br />Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk <br />and Company Publishers. <br />Polk's Longmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk <br />and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997. <br />