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2 HISTORY AND USE <br />This section contains relevant history provided by Bridget Bacon and the Louisville History <br />Museum. <br />This home was, and is, one of the few (two) historic brick homes in Louisville. It is chiefly <br />associated with the Ostranders, a family that operated a bakery on Main Street. <br />In 2008, the current owner was presented with a Historic Preservation Merit Award from the <br />City of Louisville for his historically sensitive addition, which consisted of raising the roof to <br />create additional living space. <br />� s 'uLDS BRKERY <br />1. i. and ft. ti. 08TWANDERS, Prupriotors <br />§ `All.IintlA of Bakery Goods <br />O�i Lemnn Pies ;are Fine. --Try <br />One and you will be pleased-10c <br />Isabelle I. Ostrander purchased the <br />property at 741 Lincoln in 1906. She <br />and her son, Albert H. Ostrander, <br />together operated a bakery on the <br />southwest corner of Main and Spruce, <br />where the City Hall is now located. In <br />fact, the building had the address of 749 <br />Main Street, which is now the address <br />of the Louisville City Hall. This <br />longtime Louisville establishment was especially A 1909 advertisement in the Louisville News promoting the lemon <br />known for its baking aromas and for its delicious pies at 10 cents each. <br />long johns, lemon pies, square cakes, sugar doughnuts, jelly rolls, sugar cookies, and bread. <br />For the most part, baking was done on the premises. <br />Different members of the family lived in the home at 741 Lincoln over the 49 years of <br />ownership by the Ostranders. In the early years of their ownership, Isabelle Irene Ostrander <br />(1857-1951) lived here with her husband, Othello Ostrander (1843-1916). <br />This photo from a public family tree for the Ostranders on Ancestry.com shows Isabelle and <br />Othello R. Ostrander sometime before 1916, the year he died. The photo was taken in front of <br />the house at 741 Lincoln. This was determined by comparing the brickwork behind Isabelle in <br />the historic photo (specifically, a row of short bricks visible just above her head) with the <br />brickwork pattern shown in a more recent photo of 741 Lincoln that the owner supplied to the <br />Historical Museum: <br />Also note: the historic photo indicates double -hung windows, a brick porch, cylindrical porch <br />posts, and no vegetation. <br />Page 8 <br />33 <br />