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La Cityoj Louisville Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado April 2017 COLORADO - SINCE 1878 820 Main St. History Legal Description: Northern half of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10, Block 2, Original Louisville Year of Construction: Different buildings constructed in late 1800s and early 1900s; see discussion below Summary: The La Salle Furniture Store, starting in the 1950s, was made up of two historic buildings: a historic building that had served as a temperance hall, undertaker location, pool hall, and union building, among other things, and a historic building that was the Pellillo family home. There is conflicting evidence as to whether or not a third building, the Pellillo Shoe Shop, was torn down in the 1950s to make room for the furniture store expansion. Owners made the furniture store into the Marketplace Building with a central mall area in 1983 and it has since been the location of many small businesses. This report attempts to efficiently cover the development of the different parts of today's building with their different owners and usages. Overview of 820, 836, & 844 Main Street, Louisville, Colorado This report has been prepared as one of three related reports on 820, 836, and 844 Main. (This overview section is the same in all three reports.) These three properties are known as the Marketplace Building, Mossoni House, and Henning Mortuary and they are located on the northern section of the east side of the 800 block of Main Street in Louisville. They are owned by 844 Main Street Associates LLC. The properties occupy 3 %2 lots out of the 6 lots on that block, which is one of the blocks of original Louisville platted by Louis Nawatny in 1878. The following photo from circa 1948 shows the area, with the area that today constitutes 820, 836, and 844 Main outlined in red. 1