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James W. and Viola Owens Ownership, 1945-1948 The Owens purchased Lots 5-6 of Block 5 in 1945. However, there was no building yet on the site, so they lived elsewhere in Louisville. Viola Bowes Owen (1914-2008) grew up in the Louisville area, attending schools in Louisville and Superior and graduated from Louisville High School in 1932. She married James Owens in 1937. James W. Owens (1914-1979) was the United Mine Workers Secretary Treasurer and active in negotiating a $1 per/ day pay increase for miners in 1948. During their time of ownership, Viola worked at the Louisville Post Office and City market. The Owens sold Lots 5-6 to Frank J. Lee and Betty Mayor Lee in 1948. Betty Mayor Lee and Frank J. Lee Ownership; Lee Family Ownership, 1948- present Interestingly, Betty Mayor Lee is the granddaughter of Lawrence McHugh, the original purchaser of Lots 1-12, Block 5 in the Capitol Hill Subdivision. Betty Lee (1923-2016) was born and raised in Louisville, the daughter of Fred Mayor and Julia McHugh Mayor. She married Frank Lee in 1944. During WWII, she lived with her parents and worked in Denver at Carlson Franks as an assistant chemist. Her husband, Frank Lee joined the Army and received a Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Luxembourg in 1945. After returning home, Frank worked as a mechanic for Public Service Colorado while they lived with Betty's parents at 1140 Jefferson. Betty Mayor (center, in checked dress) outside the Telephone Exchange building c. 1930s. After purchasing the property on Capitol Hill, the Lees built a new home and moved into 1117 Lincoln in December 1950. They lived next door to Mary and Louis Gutfelder. Because of the two houses that were built by Lawrence McHugh in 1908 and 1913, the house numbering for the Lees home, which was built between the two, is out of order following — 1101, 1117, and 1111. Boulder County Assessor lists the date of construction for 1117 Lincoln as 1951. However, a Louisville Times account notes Frank Lee (back row, second from left) with Louisville Firemen in 1958.