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Welch owned the area east of the railroad tracks that included the East Louisville subdivision and the unplatted "wye". The "wye" shown on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map; 1155 Pine would be located at the eastern end of the row of houses directly south of Short St. It appears that the house was not yet built at the time this map was created in 1909. Earliest Parcel History Rebecca Welch sold the entire tract known as the "wye" to William J. Lee (1857-1946) for $400 in 1905. Born in Wisconsin in 1857, William Lee moved to Louisville in the late 1890s or early 1900s with his brother, George. They purchased land from Rebecca Welch and platted the subdivision of East Louisville in 1906. This area includes Miners Field and the streets of South, Walnut, Spruce, Park, and Lee between the railroad tracks and today's Highway 42. They appear to have sold the house lots quickly, perhaps because of the proximity of East Louisville to the Hecla, Rex 1, and Rex # 2 coal mines that were in operation along the eastern edge of Louisville at the time. It is not known why William Lee did not plat the land he owned inside of the "wye." According to the book of memoirs written by his grandson, William Lee early on built four houses in this area on the north side of Pine Street to the east of the main tracks. William Lee also sold the site for the Ernest Grill & Co. lumber yard next to the railroad tracks. In