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Bridget Bacon, Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado December 2019 L Cityof Louisville COLORADO . SINCE 1878 537 La Farge Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 7-9, Block 2, Acme Place, Louisville, Colorado Year of Construction: 1939 Summary: This was the home of the family of French immigrants Jeremie Lucas and Marie Coet Lucas from 1939 until the 1960s. Next, it was the home of Edward & Carol Deborski until the 1990s. Development of the Acme Place Addition In 1893, John Connell, who had helped to establish the Acme Mine at what is now the corner of Roosevelt and Hutchinson, platted the subdivision of Acme Place. It covered what are now the 500 blocks of Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and La Farge Avenues. The Acme Place subdivision was only the fourth addition to Original Louisville and was likely developed due to its proximity to the Acme Mine that was started in 1888. The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville shows that the 500 blocks of Lincoln and Grant were well populated with houses by 1909, but the 500 blocks of Jefferson and La Farge, which were located quite close to the mine and parts of which were within the mine's fenced enclosure, had few houses at that time. Boulder County Property records indicate that the land that Connell used to establish Acme Place had been acquired directly from the Acme Coal Mining Company. In 1911, Rocky Mountain Fuel Company acquired the mine and was the owner/operator of the Acme Mine until it closed in 1928. Rocky Mountain Fuel Company continued to own the property for many years, including the lots that make up 537 La Farge. Lucas/DeSailly Family Ownership of Property, 1939-1966; Discussion of Date of Construction In 1938, Rocky Mountain Fuel Company sold these lots to Tony Mancini & Margaret Gosselin Mancini. Margaret and her parents and siblings were part of Louisville's French community. 1