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Griffin/Bertolotti Ownership, 1927-1945 In 1927, W. Edgar Griffin (1872-1943) and Lucille Winkler Griffin (1887-1874) purchased Block 10 and the Corrigan Addition from the Smith family, presumably as an investment property. They are listed in the 1920, 1930, and 1940 census as living in Oak Creek, CO where Edgar worked as a stable boss in a coal mine. Lucille Winkler is listed in the 1900 census as living in Louisville, with her parents, sister, and three brothers. Lucille grew up in Louisville where her father worked as a coal miner. Lucille married Edgar Griffin and moved to Oak Creek around 1914. Lucille's parents (Joseph Winkler and Mary Gredler Winkler) immigrated to the U.S. from Austria in 1881 and had moved to Louisville by 1900. The Griffins rented out 633 McKinley and left the rest of the lots undeveloped. During this time, the property was on the western end of Pine Street just before it ended in open lands. In notes given to the Museum by Shirley Varley Bodhaine who grew up across the street at 624 McKinley, the land surrounding the property was used by Louisville residents to hunt pheasants. W. Edgar Griffin passed away in 1943 and Lucille later remarried and sold the land in 1945. Berg Family Ownership 1945-1949 Lucille Griffin Bertoloth sold Block 10 and the Corrigan addition to Raymond and Erlean Berg in 1945. Raymond Berg (1915-2010) and Erlean Glantz Berg (1916-2008) were both from Kansas farming families of Russian descent. They were married in 1935 and made their way to Brighton, Colorado by 1940 where Raymond worked as a truck driver for the WPA. After moving to Louisville, Raymond found work in the coal mines, and later as a boiler operator for Public Utilities. The Bergs lived at 633 McKinley until they built a house next door and moved in to 629 McKinley in 1952. The Bergs were the first property owners to sell individual lots from Block 10 of the Louisville Heights Addition and the Corrigan Addition. In 1949 they sold adjacent Lots 5-6 from Block 10 to Leland and Mary Waschak Ross. Ross Family Ownership, 1949-2021 The Ross family is notable for building the house at 623 McKinley and for their long residence at this address of 70 years. Leland L. Ross (1921-2011) grew up in Lafayette and north Louisville. His parents, Alexander and Stella Ross, were born in the U.S. and married in 1921. They are listed in the 1930 census as living in Lafayette where Alex worked as an operator at the electrical plant at Waneka Lake. Mary Waschak Ross (1923-2021) was born in Richnava, Slovakia and came the US with her parents in 1931 at the age of seven. According to notes given to the Museum by Dan Ross, the Waschak family came straight to Louisville where they were helped by other Slovak families like the Hausier/Hauziers. Mary's father, John Waschak (1897-1978) is listed in the 1930 census as living with his uncle, Thomas Hauser and aunt Francisca on Grant Street in Louisville and his immigration year noted as 1924. It is unclear whether he was already living in Louisville and returned to Slovakia to bring Mary and her mother (also named Mary) back to Louisville in 1931. John and Mary (1899-1993) Waschak were married in Slovakia in 1918 and had three children — John, Mary, and Ann. As noted in Louisville Directories from