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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado June 2015 City�f ILALouisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 701 Lincoln Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 9, 10, and 11, Block 9, Pleasant Hill Addition Year of Construction: circa 1900 Summary: This house was owned by the Jaksa, Jefferson, Horn, Viggers, and Vaughn families over a period of over 100 years. Establishment of the Pleasant Hill Addition The subdivision in which 701 Lincoln is located is the Pleasant Hill Addition. This addition was platted and recorded with Boulder County in 1894 by Orrin T. Welch. Orrin Welch was the half- brother of Charles C. Welch, the prominent Colorado businessman who played the main role in the founding of Louisville and the opening of its first coal mine, the Welch Mine, back in the 1870s. In the 1890s, Charles Welch was still involved in the development of the town, in this case through the transfer of property to Orrin Welch in 1893. Jaksa Ownership and Residency; Date of Construction of House County property records show that John and Annie "Saksa" purchased lots 10 and 11 of this parcel from Orrin T. Welch by a deed recorded in 1897. These two lots of the three lots that now make up the parcel are the ones nearest Pine Street. The name "Saksa" is believed to have likely been transcribed in error from "Jaksa," which was the name of a known Louisville family from Slovenia. In the 1900 census, which appears to show the Jaksa family in this location, the name has been transcribed as "Laksa." John Jaksa worked as a coal miner. The 1910 census then indicates that the "Yackcha" family was in the vicinity of 701 Lincoln; it may have been members of the same Jaksa family, but they were now renting. Although records show that members of the Jaksa family might have continued to live at 701 Lincoln, they did not continue to be owners of it. In 1902, they sold Lots 10 and 11 to Iva Lemon 1