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Vieweg clearly appears to have been the owner who had a house built on the property. When he sold the four lots in 1906, the selling price was $2000, with the increased value likely due to the presence of a house. Boulder County gives 1905 as the date of construction of 741 Lincoln, on both the Assessor Card from 1948 and on its current website. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the construction dates of Louisville buildings, so other evidence is looked to. (The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville does show the house in the correct location, so it is clear that it was constructed by 1909.) In this case, we see that Vieweg did not gain ownership of all of the lots until 1905, and the house was built by 1906, when it was sold. Based on this evidence, the date of construction is assumed to be the County's date of 1905. Ostrander Family Ownership (1906-1955) Isabelle I. Ostrander purchased the property at 741 Lincoln in 1906. She and her son, Albert H. Ostrander, together operated a bakery on the southwest corner of Main and Spruce, where the City Hall is now located. In fact, the building had the address of 749 Main Street, which is now the address of the Louisville City Hall. This longtime Louisville establishment was especially known for its baking aromas and for its delicious long johns, lemon pies, square cakes, sugar doughnuts, jelly rolls, sugar cookies, and bread. For the most part, baking was done on the premises. This 1909 advertisement in the Louisville News promoted the lemon pies at ten cents each: 111B LOU151/161260 BIAKERYg 1. I. and R. I1. OSTRAt4DE118, Proprietors All: iud6 of :Bakery Goody Our ).emote Pies are Fine. --Try One and you will be pleased-1Oe The Ostrander mother and son, then the son alone, ran the bakery from around 1904 until the late 1930s. At different times, it was called "the Louisville Bakery" and "Ostrander's Bakery." The Museum does not have a photo of Ostrander's Bakery when it was in operation, but this County Assessor photo shows the building in 1948, by which time it had become the Louisville Police Station: 2