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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />August 2015 <br />I�f city <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO * SINCE 187E <br />545 Grant Ave. History <br />Legal Description: Lots 5-6, Block 4, Acme Place, Louisville, Colorado <br />Year of Construction: circa 1900 <br />Summary: This was the home of members of the Haszier/Waschak family of Slovakia for several <br />decades, from 1903 until 1973. This area of Grant and Lincoln, south of Pine, had a <br />concentration of Eastern Europeans (especially Slovaks) for several decades. <br />Development of the Acme Place Addition <br />In 1893, John Connell, who had helped to establish the Acme Mine at what is now the corner of <br />Roosevelt and Hutchinson, platted the subdivision of Acme Place. It covered what are now the <br />500 blocks of Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and La Farge Avenues. The Acme Place subdivision was <br />only the fourth addition to Original Louisville and was likely developed due to its proximity to <br />the Acme Mine that was started in 1888. The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville shows that <br />the 500 blocks of Lincoln and Grant were well populated with houses by 1909, but the 500 <br />blocks of Jefferson and La Farge, which were located quite close to the mine and parts of which <br />were within the fenced enclosure, had few houses at that time. Boulder County Property <br />records indicate that the land that Connell used to establish Acme Place had been acquired <br />directly from the Acme Coal Mining Company. <br />Early Owners <br />In 1894, James S. Autrey sold a number of lots, including these lots, it is believed, to William <br />Beamond. In 1895, Beamond sold lots 5 and 6, which make up 545 Grant, to William Beveridge. <br />Beveridge divided up the lots, selling Lot 6 to C.A. Carlson in 1896 and Lot 5 to Henry Helart in <br />1898. <br />1 <br />