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Gigi Yang Louisville Historical Museum Department of Cultural Services City of Louisville, Colorado May 2024 L Citygf Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 900 Main. History Legal Description: W 73 FT LOT 7 BLK 1 LOUISVILLE 0 T Year of Construction: 1947 Summary: The history of 900 Main contributes to our understanding of Louisville's early business growth and development and the use of property ownership for economic security, especially for women. The businesses identified at this location are representative of changes in Louisville's population, social trends, commercial district, and sustainable re -use of historic structures. History of site prior to current building: This property is part of the original plat of Louisville registered by Louis Nawatny in 1878. It was sold by Nawatny in 1880 to John Little for $100. The early history of this property is documented in three sections as John Little immediately divided and sold the Northwest quarter, the Southwest quarter, and East half as individual lots. While the Northwest and East lots appear to be undeveloped in 1880, the sale of the Southwest lot to Joseph Derfler notes, "quarter of lot 7 block 1 and House and all improvements on % of lot." Initial owners of the lots reflect Louisville's early immigrant demographics and family names including Joseph Derfler and John Stoiber both from Austria, Victor Helburg from Germany, and John Little and John Carlton both from England; whose families all arrived in the US and moved to Louisville in the 1870s and 1880s. By 1910, members of the Carlton family owned all three partial lots. John Carleton (1838-1913) purchased the East lot in 1880 and the Northwest lot in 1890. Jane Carlton (1849-1942) purchased the Southwest lot in 1910. After John Carleton's death in 1913, his daughter Jane Ann Clark (1869-1938) sold the Northwest and East lots to Jane Carlton in 1923, making her owner of the complete Lot 7 Block 1.