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Welch owned the area east of the railroad tracks that included the East Louisville subdivision and the <br />unplatted "wye". <br />The "wye" shown on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map; 1155 Pine would be located at the eastern end of the <br />row of houses directly south of Short St. It appears that the house was not yet built at the time this map <br />was created in 1909. <br />Earliest Parcel History <br />Rebecca Welch sold the entire tract known as the "wye" to William J. Lee (1857-1946) for $400 in 1905. <br />Born in Wisconsin in 1857, William Lee moved to Louisville in the late 1890s or early 1900s with his <br />brother, George. They purchased land from Rebecca Welch and platted the subdivision of East Louisville <br />in 1906. This area includes Miners Field and the streets of South, Walnut, Spruce, Park, and Lee between <br />the railroad tracks and today's Highway 42. They appear to have sold the house lots quickly, perhaps <br />because of the proximity of East Louisville to the Hecla, Rex 1, and Rex # 2 coal mines that were in <br />operation along the eastern edge of Louisville at the time. It is not known why William Lee did not plat <br />the land he owned inside of the "wye." According to the book of memoirs written by his grandson, <br />William Lee early on built four houses in this area on the north side of Pine Street to the east of the main <br />tracks. William Lee also sold the site for the Ernest Grill & Co. lumber yard next to the railroad tracks. In <br />11 <br />