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Gigi Yang Louisville Historical Museum Department of Cultural Services City of Louisville, Colorado April 2025 L City Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1117 Lincoln Ave. History Legal Description: LOTS 4-6 BLK 5 CAPITOL HILL AND VAC ALLEY ADJ AT WEST Year of Construction: 1950 Summary: The history of 1117 Lincoln reflects early Louisville immigration patterns from England, Ireland, and German-speaking areas of Austria and Czechoslovakia. It is notable for the family lines of property ownership and the length of residency with the Gutfelder and Lee families of 60 years or more in the neighborhood and their participation in coal -mining and the civic life of Louisville in the 20th century. Development of the Capitol Hill Subdivision 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. Early Property Ownership, 1905-1922 A year after J.C. Williams platted the Capitol Hill Subdivision, he sold Lots 1-12 of Block 5 to Lawrence McHugh for $175. Lawrence McHugh (1857-1921) was an Irish immigrant who came to Louisville around 1880 to work as a coal miner. He married Jemima Hall Jenkins (1867-1953) in 1893, and they had seven children. The Hall family emigrated from England around 1871 and moved to Louisville by 1880 where Jemima grew up. Lawrence McHugh likely built a house on the northwest corner of Lincoln and Short (Lots 1-3) prior to 1909 where it appears on the Drumms Wall Map and then another house on Lots 7-8 in 1913. He left most of the remaining lots on the Capitol Hill property undeveloped and sold Lots 1-12 to Martha and Ludwig Eberharter in 1914. Martha Baier (1876-1958) and Ludwig Eberharter (1866-1935) were both born in Tyrol, Austria. The Baler family came to the US around 1880 when Martha was four years old and she grew up in Louisville.