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Gigi Yang Louisville Historical Museum Department of Cultural Services City of Louisville, Colorado March 2024 Citytr Om Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 623 McKinley History Legal Description: S 10 FT LOT 4 & ALL LOTS 5-6 & N 15 FT LOT 7 BLK 10 LOUISVILLE HEIGHTS Year of Construction: 1952-1953 Summary: This property holds a long history of ownership by significant immigrant groups that demonstrate the pull and spread of family networks in Louisville's history including English, Russian, and Slovak families. Most notable is the Ross/Waschak Family that lived in the house for 70 years when McKinley was at the northern end of Pine Street and still bordered farms and open land. Development of the Louisville Heights Addition The Louisville Heights Addition was first developed in 1904 by the Colorado Mortgage & Investment Co. Ltd. In 1905, the company conveyed many of the lots in the Louisville Heights subdivision to Louisville residents John Affolter and Dr. Charles Wolfer. Most of the lots and Block 10 in particular, remained undeveloped for decades. In 1906, Wolfer and Affolter sold all of Block 10 of Louisville Heights to Donata Maria Girardo (1849-1926). Donata Maria Girardo Ownership, 1906-1921 & Smith Family Ownership, 1921-1927 The owner from 1906 until 1921, Donata Maria Girardo, was a resident of Superior. Based on the 1910 and 1920 census and directories, Girardo does not appear to be living in Louisville during those years. Girardo sold all of Block 10 to Charles G. and Edna Avis Smith for $350 in 1921 and at that time there may have been a house built on the northeast corner of Block 10 which is currently 633 McKinley. Lots 4- 7 where today's 623 McKinley is located just south of 633 McKinley, appear to still be undeveloped in 1921. The Smiths also purchased the two blocks of the Corrigan Addition in 1922.