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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado June 2011; updated May 2015 Ctyof ui: Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1145 Main Street History Legal Description: Lots 11 and 12, Block 2, Barclay Place Year of Construction: circa 1908 Architect/Builder: Unknown Previous address used to refer to this property: 648 Second Street. This number was used during Louisville's old numbering system, which changed in the 1930s. Main Street used to be called Second Street. Summary: The current owners were the first owners of the home since members of the Caranci family owned it for sixty-six years, from 1927 to 1993. The house was built in approximately 1908, based on available information from Boulder County. This house was one of the five historic Louisville homes on the 2008 Louisville Holiday Home Tour. Early Owners; Madsen Family, Owners 1910-1927 The subdivision in which this house is located, Barclay Place, was platted in 1897. The earliest owners of the property, after the developers, were brothers James and Arthur Carveth beginning in 1907, then Joseph and Mary Meunier beginning in 1908. No information was located regarding whether members of the Carveth family or Meunier family lived in the house. Boulder County records list the year of construction of this house as being approximately 1908. Boulder County property records are sometimes in error with respect to the dates of constructions of historic buildings in Louisville, so other evidence is looked to with respect to ascertaining a date of construction. In this case, the house at 1145 Main does appear on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, so it was constructed by 1909. "Circa 1908" is the closest we can come to an actual date of construction at this time. The next owner was John Madsen (sometimes spelled as Madson), who owned the house from 1910 to 1927. John Madsen and his wife, Pauline, were from Denmark. Although Louisville drew immigrants 1