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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado August 2017 La City0r Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 905 Lincoln Avenue History Legal Description: Lots 9, 10, & 11, Block 3, Pleasant Hill Addition Year of Construction: 1907 Summary: The D'Andrea family first owned this home for several years. They were followed by a number of other owners until 1944. In 1944, members of the Banyai/Madonna family purchased it and owned it for 73 years, until 2017. Development of the Pleasant Hill Addition The subdivision in which this house is located, Pleasant Hill Addition, was platted in 1894. It was developed on behalf of Orrin Welch, the half-brother of Charles C. Welch, the man who started the Welch Mine and played a prominent role in the founding of Louisville. Orrin Welch was not a resident of this area, and many transactions on his behalf appear to have been carried out by Charles C. Welch and Jeannette Welch. D'Andrea Family Ownership, 1906-1923; Date of Construction Floriana Marini D'Andrea (1879-1962) purchased Lots 10 and 11 in 1906 from Orrin Welch. She purchased Lot 9 the following year, in 1907, from Jeannette Welch. In the cases of both deeds, it was Charles C. Welch who signed the documents on behalf of the owners (Orrin Welch being his half-brother and Jeannette Welch being Charles's wife). Floriana was married to Antonio D'Andrea (1871-1951). They had both been born in Italy and immigrated to the U.S. Their seven children were: Giacomo "Jack," born in Baldwin, Colorado in 1899; Michael, born in Marshall, Colorado in 1900; Mariannina, born in Louisville in 1902; Angelo, born in Boulder County in 1905; Albert, born in Louisville in 1907; Arthur, born in Louisville in 1909; and Emma, born in El Paso County in 1912. Mariannina reportedly died in a Louisville diphtheria epidemic in 1907. Antonio D'Andrea worked as a coal miner. 1