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1 <br /> <br />Bridget Bacon <br />Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />City of Louisville, Colorado <br />July 2020 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />601 Lincoln Avenue History <br /> <br />Legal Description: Lots 9 & 10, Block 10, Pleasant Hill Addition, Louisville, Colorado <br /> <br />Year of Construction: circa 1905 <br /> <br />Summary: The Dalby family owned this home for 70 years, from 1906 to 1976. George Dalby was a <br />partner in the Carveth Bros. & Dalby store, which was in what is today known as the State Mercantile <br />Building, and it became “Dalby’s” when his son, Joe, took it over in the 1940s. <br /> <br />Development of the Pleasant Hill Addition; Date of Construction <br /> <br />The subdivision in which this house is located, the Pleasant Hill Addition, was platted in 1894. The <br />subdivision was developed in the name of Orrin Welch, the half-brother of Charles C. Welch. Charles <br />Welch was the person most responsible for the establishment of Louisville in 1878 after he established <br />the first coal mine in this area in 1877. Orrin Welch is not known to have ever lived in Colorad o, and it is <br />Charles C. Welch who is thought to have been the de facto developer. <br /> <br />In 1903, Orrin Welch, through Charles C. Welch, transferred (in one transaction) seven lots on the west <br />side of Lincoln to Charles F. Wolfer, the Louisville real estate developer and doctor. The total amount <br />paid for the seven lots was $250, according to property deeds recorded with the Boulder County <br />Recorder’s Office. <br /> <br />In October 1904, Charles and Flora Wolfer sold Lots 9 and 10, which today make up 601 Lincoln, to Frank <br />Carveth for $140. In May 1906, Frank Carveth sold the same lots, 9 and 10, to his cousin, George Dalby, <br />for $1200. <br /> <br />The 1948 Boulder County Assessor card for this property and the Boulder County Assessor’s Office <br />website both give 1900 as the date of construction of this house. Boulder County is sometimes in error <br />with respect to the date of construction of Louisville buildings, so it’s important to look at all of the <br />evidence with respect to ascertaining the date of construction . <br /> <br />In this case, the evidence supplied by the property deeds that were recorded with Boulder County <br />suggests that the house was constructed in about 1905. When the subdivision developer sold the two