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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado Originally researched August 2009; updated April 2013 LCityg Louisville COLORADO - SINCE 1878 712 Lincoln Ave. Legal Description per County Assessor's Office: Lots 15, 16, and 17, Block 8, Pleasant Hill Addition. Year of Construction: circa 1904-1909. Summary: This small house was owned by the Fiori family for about thirty years, then by the Wilson family for over fifty years. Owner Arlo Wilson was chief of police in Louisville. Orrin T. Welch and the Establishment of the Pleasant Hill Addition The subdivision in which 712 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 major 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 his half brother, Orrin, in 1893. Construction History The County Assessor's records give two dates of when this house was constructed. The Assessor's online records state that the house was built in 1915. This appears to have been based on information written on the 1976 County Assessor card. However, the County Assessor card completed for this property in 1948 states that the house was built in 1900. Also, the house appears in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville. The County information has at times been found to be inaccurate with respect to the year of construction of Louisville homes, and looking at all of the evidence, one would have to conclude that the house at 712 Lincoln was built no later than 1909, and