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LouisvilleHistoricalMuseum <br />DepartmentofLibrary&MuseumServices <br />CityofLouisville,Colorado <br />December2012 <br />1131SpruceSt.History <br />LegalDescription:South28feetofLots8and9,Block3,EastLouisville <br />YearofConstruction:1942 <br />PreviousAddressesofthisProperty:Louisvilledirectoriesfromthe1940sgivethe <br />addressas{ <br /> <br /> <br />Spruce,butthismayhavesimplybeenanerrorcausedbythe <br />reversalofthelasttwodigitsintheaddress.The1948CountyAssessorcardgivesthe <br />addresscorrectlyas1131. <br />Summary:Historically,thissmallhomewastheresidenceofabachelorimmigrantcoal <br />miner.Itsoriginallivingareawasonly266squarefeet.Abathroomandclosetthatwere <br />addedintheearly1950sbroughtthesquarefootageto350.Withthegaragehaving <br />beenconvertedtoabedroomandasmallroomhavingbeenaddedtothewestsideof <br />thehouse,itnowcontainsjust960squarefeet. <br />DevelopmentofEastLouisville <br />TheEastLouisvilleAdditionoriginatedwithCharlesC.Welch,aprominentbusinessman <br />andfigureinColoradohistorywhostartedthefirstcoalmineinLouisvilleandwhowas <br />theprimarypersonbehindtheestablishmentofLouisvilleasatown.Hiswife,R. <br />JeannetteWelch,transferredthelandtobrothersWilliamJ.LeeandGeorgeA.Lee,who <br />plattedtheareain1906,therebycreatingtheEastLouisvilleAddition. <br />Thefollowingexcerptfromthe19095©Ò’’x­WallMapofLouisvilleshowstheEast <br />LouisvillesubdivisionandtheareaofLots8and9ofBlock3where1131Sprucewould <br />belaterconstructed: <br />