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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado November 2014 I�f city Louisville COLD ADO • SINCE 1878 1309 Grant Ave. History Legal Description: Lot 8, Block 8, Fischer Addition Year of Construction: 1948 Summary: This house was originally owned by Stephen Evanich, then it was the home of the Nellie and John Stoker family for over thirty years. Development of the Fischer Addition Nicola DiGiacomo (1852-1915) owned and farmed this area. In 1907, he platted the Nicola DiGiacomo Addition, which consists of four and a half blocks, all of them with addresses in the 1200s, that stretch across the north end of Old Town. However, he kept some of his farm land to the north of the DiGiacomo Addition and it is believed that the family continued to farm it. Eventually, in 1938, the area in which this specific property is situated passed to Rosa DiGiacomo Santi, who was a daughter-in-law of Nicola and Lucia DiGiacomo. In 1946, this property and surrounding properties were conveyed from Rosa Santi to Alvin Fischer. He was a member of the Fischer family that was engaged in building construction in Louisville for many decades. In the late 1940s, there was high demand for housing in Louisville. In 1948, Alvin Fischer filed the plat of the Fischer Subdivision with Boulder County. This area includes the 1300 blocks of Jefferson, Grant, and Lincoln. In 1948, Alvin Fischer conveyed ownership of this parcel to himself and Glenn Fischer jointly. Date of Construction; Evanich Family Ownership and Residency, 1948-1952 Both the County Assessor card and the County website give 1948 as the date of construction of this house. The County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the dates of construction of historic buildings in Louisville. In this case, however, no evidence was found that 1