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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado May 2016 L Ctyof Louisville i'C LORAD(O • SINLE 1 N t8 1008 Grant Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 21-22, Block 2, Capitol Hill Addition Year of Construction: 1906-1907 Summary: Members of the Rizzi family owned this house for over 80 years. History of the Capitol Hill Addition J.C. Williams, who was a mine superintendent with the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, and Irving Elberson, who was a banker, were the developers of the Capitol Hill Addition. The plat for this addition was filed with the County in 1904. Earliest Ownership and Date of Construction Online County property records show that Devot Strader (whom records indicate was a Denver bookkeeper) purchased this property from the developers, Irving Elberson and J.C. Williams. The deed was recorded with the County in 1907. The County gives two different dates as the date of construction for this house, though they are not inconsistent with one another. Also, the County is sometimes in error with respect to the dates of construction of Louisville buildings, so other evidence is looked to. In this case, the County Assessor card completed for 1008 Grant in 1948 states that the house was constructed "Before 1908." The online County records state that the house was constructed in 1906. The indication in the property records that this parcel wasn't sold by the developers to a purchaser until 1907 might suggest that the house had not yet been built, but the possibility that the developers built the house or that the first owner built it before the deed was recorded cannot be ruled out. The house does appear in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, so it was standing by 1909. For these reasons, the estimated year of construction is "1906-1907." 1