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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado April 2017 L Cityof Louisville COLORADO .SINCE 1878 836 Main St. History Legal Description: Lot 11, Block 2, Original Louisville Year of Construction: circa 1890 Summary: This house, best known as the Mossoni House because of its owners from 1920 to 2005, has been a Main Street structure since circa 1890. Lawrence Mossoni and Marie Zarini Mossoni were prominent business owners in downtown Louisville. 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 1/2 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. Although there are just three addresses, they represent six historic structures plus additional outbuildings. The Henning Mortuary building, the Mossoni House, the residence behind the Mossoni House, and the structures that comprise the Marketplace Building are all older than the buildings next to them on the south side of that block due to there having been a fire that destroyed the buildings on the south side of the block in 1926 (covering 2 %2 lots out of the 6). For purposes of this report, the buildings will be called by the names they are best known as even though they may not be the names of the families that originally built the structures. 1