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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado December 2014 LCityof Louisville CQ1.ORADO • SINC1: I h7S 1001 Lincoln Ave. History Legal Description: Lots 1 & 2, Block 4, Capitol Hill Addition Year of Construction: circa 1907 Summary: This was the home of Katie and Hugh Hoye for ten years starting in 1910, followed by owner Henry Robinson. Robinson and members of his family owned the property from 1920 until 1971. History of the Capitol Hill Addition J.C. Williams, who was a mine superintendent with the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, and Irving Elberson, who was a banker, were the developers of the Capitol Hill Addition. The plat for this addition was filed with the County in 1904. Chambers Ownership, 1904-1910, and Discussion of Date of Construction In 1904, Chambers purchased Lots 1 and 2, and also several additional lots on Block 4, from the developers, Williams & Elberson. The longtime Chambers family residence up the street from 1001 Lincoln today has the address of 1041 Lincoln. George Chambers (1856-1933) worked as an engineer at the Acme Mine. In 1907, George Chambers and John A. Corrigan, who was a physician who lived and worked in Louisville, granted a lien statement to McAllister Lumber for the lots on Block 4. (The nature of Corrigan's ownership interest in 1001 Lincoln could not, however, be established, possibly due to a misspelling of his name in the online County legal records that make it difficult to find his name on the relevant property documents.) The County gives the year 1910 as the date of construction for this house on the current County Assessor website and on the Assessor card completed in 1948. However, the County is sometimes in error with respect to the dates of construction of Louisville buildings, so other evidence is looked to. The subdivision was platted in 1904 and the lots were sold the same year to George Chambers, who also purchased other lots in this 1