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<br />evidence indicates, the evidence in this situation supports 1894 as the year of construction
<br />for this house, as the subdivision had just been platted and a young couple with a child
<br />purchased the property that same year.)
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<br />A review of the online County property records for the current properties on Lincoln
<br />Avenue, and of the 56 properties currently in the area of Acme Place, indicates that this
<br />would be the oldest house in each of those residential areas,
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<br />Chris Hutchinson was a miner and a native of England, like many of Louisville's early
<br />settlers, Margaret had been born in Colorado of English heritage,
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<br />Hutchinson Street first appears on the 1893 plat map of Acme Place, and it is possible
<br />that it was named for Christopher Hutchinson, although it should be noted that another
<br />Hutchinson, John, had also come to Louisville by 1891.
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<br />(The federal census taken in June 1900 shows that the Christopher and Margaret
<br />Hutchinson family was living in Victor, Colorado, where Chris was mining for gold, but
<br />this may have been a temporary situation due to the coal mines closing in the summers in
<br />the Louisville area, Coal in this area disintegrated quickly, so it could not be stockpiled
<br />during the warm months when there was a drop in demand for it, and miners had to find
<br />other ways to make money in the summers,)
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<br />Melick and Scrano Families, 1902 to 1918
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<br />The next owners of the property, for thirteen years, were Steve and Mary Melick. He was
<br />a coal miner of Eastern European heritage, They had three children,
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<br />Italian immigrants William and Cogetta Scrano were the owners from 1915 to 1918,
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<br />The Related Wintle, Thompson, and Koeppler Families, 1918 to 1940 (22 Years)
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<br />In 1918, ownership of the house and property at 561 Lincoln was transferred to Augusta
<br />Wintle, She was married four times, and records show that she lived in this house with
<br />three of her four husbands, Most of the available records state that she was German born,
<br />At the time that she purchased the house, her first husband, Stephen Smith, had already
<br />died and she was married to her second husband whom she had married in 1899, James
<br />Wintle, He was a coal miner from England, The 1920 federal census shows them living
<br />in this house on Lincoln,
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<br />Following the death of James Wintle in around 1921, Augusta continued to reside at 561
<br />Lincoln, Her third husband was a widower, Thomas Thompson, The 1926 directory for
<br />Louisville shows the two of them residing at this house, The 1930 census shows her
<br />living alone at this house, having been widowed for the third time when Thomas died,
<br />Her fourth husband, Joseph Koeppler, was also a widower, and he became a co-owner of
<br />the property at 561 Lincoln, Augusta passed away in 1935 and Joe Koeppler, who had
<br />become the sole owner upon her death, sold the property in 1940,
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