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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado October 2013 I�f city Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1125 Pine St. History Legal Description given by the County: "TR 699-A & TR 2578 A 8-1S-69 PER REC 694422 06-17- 85 BCR SEE ID 19570." Year of Construction: circa 1920-25 (but see discussion below) Summary: William J. "Bill" Lee developed this area inside the "wye" formed by three sets of railroad tracks in the early 1900s, but did not take action to have it added to the town of Louisville as a subdivision. His son, Harry Lee, owned 1125 Pine and lived there with his family from 1938 to 1954. Other longtime owners and residents were Emil Dangreau, a French -born blacksmith, and his wife, Ruby. Neighborhood Context; Development of Neighborhood by William Lee To provide a context to the area in which 1125 Pine is located, several houses on the north side of Pine just east of the railroad tracks are in an area in downtown Louisville that was never added to the town as a normal subdivision with lots and blocks. The original reason for this likely goes back to the location of coal mines in the Louisville area and the placement of railroad spurs that left the main tracks to reach these coal mines. The buildings along this stretch of Pine located between the railroad tracks and Highway 42 were historically in an area created by the intersection of three sets of railroad tracks, as shown on the following section of the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville. According to an autobiography entitled From Happy Valley to the Mountaintop (Daniel Publishing, 2002) written by Lee Evans, who was the grandson of William and Ruby Lee, this triangle of land was located within the "wye" of the three sets of connected tracks. According to Lee Evans, the wye was used for turning trains. The north -south railroad line on the left is the main line that still exists. The other two are spurs that served coal mines and are no longer present.