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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado June 2010 LCity>f Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 701 Main Street, Louisville, Colorado According to the Boulder County Assessor's website, the property at 701 Main Street is owned by 844 Main Street Associates LLC and occupies the south half of Lot 18, Lot 19, and the north half of Lot 20, Block 5, in Original Louisville. This site has been the location of a few different buildings since the late 1800s. Most notably, it was the site of a large brick building in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was called the Miners Trading Co. for at least part of its existence. It had to be demolished due to subsidence caused by coal mining. This corner went from having the largest, most imposing building in town, at a major intersection of Original Louisville, to lying vacant for some time and then being the site of a service station and automotive repair shop for decades. Another major significance of this site is its ownership by the Colacci family, one of Louisville's Italian families, for approximately 90 years. Mike Colacci apparently saw potential in the vacant site and borrowed money to be able to afford the purchase and start a business there. Some say that the Blue Parrot Restaurant was started in 1919 in the building on this property. The Louisville Town Hall and fire station were situated on the north part of this site (the south half of Lot 18) for over fifty years. County records indicate that this half lot became part of 701 Main in 1971, long after the Town Hall building had been demolished. Last, it should be noted that Boulder County Assessor records state that the current structure was built in 1956, but sections of the current structure seems to have already been present in the 1948 County Assessor's photo of the property. This issue is further addressed below. The Development of Original Louisville Louis Nawatny platted Original Louisville in 1878 and named it after himself. Research of early Louisville history has shown that Nawatny likely worked for Charles C. Welch, a