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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />March 2014 <br />I Cityof <br />r Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />History of 816 Main Street, Louisville, Colorado (Location of Colacci's <br />Restaurant) <br />Legal Description: North 11 Feet, 8 inches of Lot 8 & South 1/2 Lot 9, Block 2, Original <br />Louisville <br />Year of Construction: According to numerous sources, two historical buildings were remodeled <br />and added on to in order to create the current building at 816 Main in 1955. Records indicate <br />that the building that was on the left dates back to the late 1800s. The building on the right was <br />built in the early 1900s, but is believed to have been destroyed by fire in 1926 and replaced not <br />long after. The 1948 County Assessor card for 816 Main gave the estimate that the buildings on <br />the site in 1948 had been constructed in 1900 and remodeled in 1928. The online County <br />Assessor records give 1957 as the date of construction, but this is believed to refer to the year <br />that the remodel was completed. <br />Summary: In 1955, Anthony Colacci had two historical buildings at this location remodeled to <br />become Colacci's Restaurant, a family -friendly Italian restaurant that, with the Blue Parrot and <br />other Italian restaurants in Louisville, made Louisville a destination for diners in Colorado and <br />helped establish and solidify Louisville's reputation as a restaurant town. The Colacci's neon <br />sign, designed by Anthony himself, went up in 1956 and included a beacon with a light on the <br />top that could be seen for miles. The slogan "Look for the Beacon" was a recurring aspect of the <br />restaurant's advertising, along with the stylized red cursive "Colacci's" name with a star as the <br />dot over the "i." <br />Earliest Ownership of Property; Discussion of Date of Construction <br />This parcel is made up of the north part of Lot 8 and the south half of Lot 9. These each <br />originated with Louis Nawatny as the person who platted Original Louisville in 1878, but for <br />several years the lots were not owned by the same person. John Broadie owned the south half <br />of Lot 9 from 1889 until 1906. The 1893 and 1900 Sanborn fire insurance maps for Louisville <br />1 <br />