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Bridget Bacon <br />Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />October 2018 <br />I ` City�f <br />Om Louisville <br />COLORADO . SINCE 187E <br />213 Roosevelt Ave. History <br />Legal Description: North 20 feet of Lot 17 and all of Lots 18 & 19, Block 5, Johnson's First <br />Addition, Louisville, Colorado <br />Year of Construction: 1936 <br />Summary: This house was built in 1936 by Henry and Evodie Helart, who were part of <br />Louisville's French community. This location was on the edge of Louisville's Frenchtown <br />neighborhood. The Helart family owned the house until 1968, when a member of another <br />French family purchased it. She was associated with it until her death this year. <br />Development of the Johnson's First Addition <br />Johnson's 1st Addition was platted in 1890 by Mahlon V. Johnson. It was only the second <br />residential subdivision to be platted, after the Jefferson Place Addition was platted in 1880. (It <br />consists of two separate sections that do not border one another, though both abut Roosevelt.) <br />Mahlon V. Johnson was a Denver -based coal mine operator who started the Ajax Coal Mining <br />Co. in 1889 and served as its president. According to 1889 articles in Denver newspapers, the <br />original intent was to establish a new town by Louisville to be called "Ajaxville" with proximity <br />to the new Ajax Mine. (A USGS map shows that the Ajax Mine shaft was located about 1,000 <br />feet to the west-southwest of 213 Roosevelt, at Hoover & Lois Dr.) However, instead, Johnson <br />platted this subdivision that became part of the town of Louisville. <br />Helart Ownership, 1935-1968; Discussion of Date of Construction <br />Henry Helart, Sr. and Evodie Bodhaine Helart purchased this parcel from the Rocky Mountain <br />Fuel Co. in 1935. The exact reason for the ownership of the parcel by the Rocky Mountain Fuel <br />Co. could not be ascertained. The location of this parcel is on the western side of the <br />neighborhood of Frenchtown. Other members of the Helart family also owned property and <br />lived nearby. <br />1 <br />