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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado June 2013 ILZ Cityof Louisville COLORAnO • SINCE 187E 1006 Pine Street History Legal Description: Lot 1 et al., Block C, Louisville Year of Construction: 1904 Summary: This historic building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, has served Louisville as a saloon, billiard hall, grocery store, bar, and restaurant for nearly 110 years. Lackner Family and Date of Construction Joseph Lackner owned and operated this building as a saloon, then as a pool hall during Prohibition, for over thirty years between 1904 and 1937. He was in the saloon and pool hall business in Louisville for over fifty years. Beginning in the early 1880s, he and his family were prominent members of the German-speaking population of Louisville. They were also related to other members of Louisville's leading German and Austrian families, including the Mayhoffer family, Daxacher, and the Eberharter families. The Lackner name has at times been spelled as "Lachner," Lechner," and "Lochner" in the records. Joseph Lackner was born in Zell am Ziller, Tyrol, Austria in about 1858. In 1876, he left Austria and immigrated to Pennsylvania to join his half-brother, John Schweiger. In 1878, they and John's wife moved to Gilpin County, Colorado, where Lackner filed his Declaration of Intention to become a US citizen. His descendants believe that he likely worked as a bartender in Central City. He then established a saloon in Louisville by 1884, six years after the town's founding. The 1884 business directory for Louisville lists this business as "Lachner and Co., saloon." In 1884, Joseph Lackner married Rosina Eberharter in Louisville. She had been born in 1862 in Austria. The following photo shows them in their wedding photo (the bride and groom are on the left):