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Resource Number: 5BL961.10
<br />Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form
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<br />V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
<br />31. Original use(s): Commerce and Trade / Bar
<br />32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce and Trade / Bar
<br />33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade / Bar
<br />34. Site type(s): Commercial Bar and Restaurant
<br />35. Historical Background
<br />Known originally as the Germania House, this building has been utilized as a bar or bar/ restaurant throughout most
<br />of its history. During its early years, the building was most closely associated with Austrian immigrant Joseph
<br />Lackner (originally spelled Lachner). Born in Austria in December 1857, Lackner immigrated to Pennsylvania in
<br />1876. Following his half-brother, John Schweiger, Lackner came west to Colorado in 1878, initially settling in the
<br />Central City area. After gaining experience in the liquor business, Lackner and a business partner established the
<br />Lackner and Co. Saloon, in Louisville, circa 1880. On July 8, 1884, Lackner married Rosina Eberharter. She
<br />passed away in childbirth with the birth of their third son, Edward, in 1889. In December 1890, Lackner was
<br />married to his second wife, Sabina Helm. They subsequently had six children.
<br />Lackner purchased property at the corner of Front and Pine Streets in 1887, and had a house built at what today
<br />is 630 Front Street a few years later. In 1900, Lackner contracted with local builder Herman H. Fischer to build
<br />a saloon on the property. Called the Germania House, Lackner's establishment featured an outdoor beer garden,
<br />and quickly became a well-known Louisville locale. During prohibition in the 1920s, Lackner turned to operating
<br />a billiard hall on west Pine Street, and with the coming of the Great Depression, the Lackners rented out rooms in
<br />the building to tenants. During these years, the aging Lackners moved to Denver, and eventually sold their
<br />Louisville property to Hugo Peltzer in 1937. Joseph Lackner died in February 1837, and Sabina passed away in
<br />July 1959.
<br />By the 1940s the establishment returned to its original use as a bar. It was known as the Track Inn until the early
<br />1990s, when its name was changed to the Pine Street Junction.
<br />36. Sources of Information
<br />Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978.
<br />"Joseph Lackner 1857-1939" undated manuscript on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Mehls, Steven F., and Mehls, Carol Drake. "Colorado Historical Society, Historic Building Inventory Record", (1006
<br />Pine Street), July 28, 1985. On file at the Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic
<br />Preservation, Denver, CO.
<br />Polk's Boulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk
<br />and Company Publishers.
<br />Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908.
<br />Smith, Phyliss. Once A Cool Miner: The Story of Colorado's Northern Coal Field, Boulder: Pruett Publishing
<br />Company, 1989.
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