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Bridget Bacon, Louisville Historical Museum Department of Cultural Services City of Louisville, Colorado October 2022 ILA Cityo Louisville COLORADO . SINCE 1878 545 Jefferson Ave. History Legal Description: Lot 5 and North 6 % feet of Lot 6, Block 3, Acme Place, Louisville, Colorado Year of Construction: estimated to have been constructed in circa 1900 Summary: The families with the most association with this property, historically, were the Bartimoccia, Scarpella, and Hioco families. The house was remodeled in the 1960s. 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. 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. 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 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. The 500 blocks of Jefferson and La Farge, which were located quite close to the Acme Mine and parts of which were within the mine's fenced enclosure, had few houses at that time. However, a house on Lot 5, which presumably became 545 Jefferson, does appear to have been one of them, along with the house next door to the south on Lot 6 (presumed to be 541 Jefferson), as shown here: 1