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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado December 2013 II�f city Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1303 Grant Ave. History Legal Description: Lot 7, Block 8, Fischer Addition Year of Construction: circa 1948 Summary: This house was the home of Annetta Patete Miller for close to 50 years. Development of the Fischer Addition Nicola DiGiacomo (1852-1915) owned and farmed this area. In 1907, he platted the Nicola DiGiacomo Addition, which consists of four and a half blocks, all of them with addresses in the 1200s, that stretch across the north end of Old Town. However, he kept some of his farm land to the north of the DiGiacomo Addition and it is believed that the family continued to farm it. Eventually, in 1938, the area in which this specific property is situated passed to Rosa DiGiacomo Santi, who was a daughter-in-law of Nicola and Lucia DiGiacomo. In 1946, this property and surrounding properties were conveyed from Rosa Santi to Alvin Fischer. He was a member of the Fischer family that was engaged in building construction in Louisville for many decades. In the late 1940s, there was high demand for housing in Louisville. In 1948, Alvin Fischer filed the plat of the Fischer Subdivision with Boulder County. This area includes the 1300 blocks of Jefferson, Grant, and Lincoln. In 1948, Alvin Fischer conveyed ownership of this parcel to himself and Glenn Fischer jointly. Date of Construction; Patete/Helart Family Ownership and Residency This was the home of Annetta Patete Miller. Annetta Patete was born in 1917 and was a member of Louisville's extended Patete/D'Agostino/Inama/Helart family. The Patete family lived on Front Street for many years and Annetta's father, Michael Patete, was a coal miner. Annetta's mother, Annie, purchased an entire block of downtown Louisville in 1922. This was 1