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Bridget Bacon <br />Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Cultural Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />June 2022 <br />LCityof <br />Louisville <br />COLORA DO SINCE 1878 <br />701 McKinley Ave. History <br />Legal Description: Lots 9, 10, & 11, Block 9, Louisville Heights subdivision <br />Year of Construction: 1933 <br />Summary: The Steinbaugh family constructed this house, and family members owned it <br />for over 45 years. For many decades, Pine Street ended at around the intersection of <br />Pine and McKinley where this house is located, and this was one of the last homes one <br />would see on Pine before the street ended. <br />Development of the Louisville Heights Subdivision <br />In 1904, the Colorado Mortgage and Investment Co. Ltd. platted the Louisville Heights <br />Addition in which this house is located. This company transferred ownership of the lots <br />in the subdivision to Dr. Charles Wolfer and John Affolter in two transactions in 1904 <br />and 1905. <br />Earliest Ownership of Lots — Wintle/Thompson Ownership of Parcel, 1905-1932 <br />These lots on what was in earlier times the western edge of the Town of Louisville sat <br />undeveloped for many years after the Louisville Heights Addition was platted. James <br />and August Wintle purchased Lots 1 through 11 of Block 9 (all of the lots on the west <br />side of the 700 block of McKinley) in 1905 from Charles Wolfer and John Affolter. The <br />Wintles built a home on the northernmost corner of the 700 block, at what is now 741 <br />McKinley, and lived there until about 1918-1920. <br />Following the death of James Wintle in 1920, Augusta Wintle then sold all of these lots <br />to Royal Thompson in 1924. <br />In 1932, Royal Thompson sold Lots 6-11, including 9-11 on which 701 McKinley is <br />located today, to J.J. Steinbaugh. <br />1 <br />