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Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado March 2016 CityqL Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 1100 Main Street History Legal Description: W 100 FT LOT 12 & S 12 1/2 FT OF W 100 FT LOT 11 BLK 16 CALEDONIA PLACE Date of Construction: 1892 Summary: This was the home of the Weir family from 1892 until 1978. Development of Caledonia Place Addition The subdivision in 1100 Main is located is Caledonia Place. This subdivision was platted and recorded with Boulder County in 1890 by James Cannon, Howard Morris, and Henry Brooks. It was the fourth addition to original Louisville, which had been platted in 1878. Weir Ownership and Residency, 1892-1978; Discussion of Date of Construction The parcel for 1100 Main originally consisted of two full lots: Lot 11 and Lot 12 of Block 16 in the Caledonia Place subdivision. 1100 Main was owned by the Weir family, who came from Scotland, for many decades. James Henry Weir (1865-1929) and Joan Swan Weir (1861-1925) came to the U.S. in the 1880s and gradually came west. James Weir was a miner in Louisville. According to a 1995 letter written to the Louisville Historical Museum by the granddaughter of the Weirs, Joan Stier Tuley, "I spent a good deal of my childhood in Louisville. My grandparents, James Henry and Joan Swan Weir arrived there in 1890 with 3 little girls [Jessie, Euphemia, and Margaret]. While their new home at 1100 Main St. was being built they lived across the street .... They moved into their own new home in 1892, and in the ensuing years had 5 more children — 3 girls and 2 boys. No one except a member of our own family ever lived there until I sold the property .... Aunt Jessie Mitton lived there until her death." The following photo of the Weir family was taken in around 1890 when the family first arrived in Louisville: 1