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Martin Black was an enumerator for the 1930 federal census in and around Louisville, and the 1932 Louisville directory listed him as being a councilman. Martin and Lizzie Black had just one child, Dorothy, who was born in November 1909. She died in September 1929 at the age of 19. Her obituary stated that her funeral include a floral offering from the senior class at the Louisville high School "in which she would have been had her health permitted her to continue her school work." Her obituary stated that she had committed suicide "at her home at Serene," which was a mining community in the Erie area. It is not known why she was living in Serene. In 1945, Martin and Lizzie Black sold the additional lots to the south of 725 Lincoln to Thomas and Nora Burgess, who built the house at 715 Lincoln. Also in 1945, the Blacks acquired the south 10 feet of Lot 4 from the owners of 741 Lincoln to the north. This was likely intended to provide additional space for a driveway and garage. The following photo of the building is from the County Assessor Card from 1948 and shows a few people on the porch: 6