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having been an engineer at the Acme Mine. In 1896, Emanuel Smith (1865-1940), who was also an engineer at the Acme Mine, purchased the property. The Boulder County online property records and the County Assessor card both give 1896 as the year of construction for this house. As the County has frequently been found to be in error with respect to the dates of construction of historic buildings in Louisville, it is important to examine the evidence to ascertain the correct date of construction. In the case of 517 Lincoln, 1896 is a very plausible year of construction, as it is the year that Emanuel Smith purchased the lots from Minnie Chambers. In 1897, Nicholas Stout acquired the northern two lots of the current parcel from Emanuel Smith. The 1900 census records show Nicholas Stout (born in Ireland in 1869) and Josephine Stout (born in Iowa in 1875) and their four young children, John, George, Willie, and Mary, living in what appears to be this location on South Lincoln Ave. "Nic" Stout was a fireman in a coal mine at the time. Nicholas Stout sold the two lots to John Pecolar in 1903. In 1904, John Pecolar added Lots 15, 16, and 17 (the southernmost lots of the current parcel). He had acquired these lots from M.L. Rosenbaum, who had purchased them in 1900 from Jemima and Lawrence McHugh, who purchased the lots from Acme Place developer John Connell. The 1900 census records appear to show the McHughs and their large family with seven children living in a house that was located on the southernmost lots of this parcel. The 1904 Louisville directory lists John and Annie Pecolar as living on "Lincoln btw. Hutchinson & Pine," which is an accurate description of the location of this property. However, it is not known which house on the property they lived in. This was a Slovak family and John Pecolar (1866-1929) was a miner in 1904. Based on later census information, at least some of their children were Paul, Andy, Mary, Rose, and Emma. The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map confirms that there used to be two houses on the five lots that now make up this parcel. Today, only the historic house on the north side of the parcel remains. It is not known what happened to the other house (the McHugh house). The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map also shows that the Acme Mine railroad spur passed just to the south of this parcel, on what is now Hutchinson, and ended close by. Because John Pecolar purchased all five lots in two transactions in 1903 and 1904, this parcel still consists of five lots today. John Pecolar is believed to have owned the lots until 1912, when property records indicate that there was a County Sheriff's sale of the property. The new owner was J.E. Oakley. Seeley Family Ownership, 1914-1950