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Bridget Bacon Louisville Historical Museum Department of Library & Museum Services City of Louisville, Colorado October 2021 I u Cityq Im Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 621 Lincoln Avenue History Legal Description: Lots 5 & 6, Block 10, Pleasant Hill Addition, Louisville, Colorado Year of Construction: 1956 Summary: Until recently, this was the home of the David and Maxine McHugh family. David McHugh constructed a small building at the back of the property in 1950 as a home for his growing family while he constructed the main house in 1956. The family moved into the main house and the small building was then converted into a garage. Development of the Pleasant Hill Addition and Early Owners The subdivision in which this house is located, the Pleasant Hill Addition, was platted in 1894. The subdivision was developed in the name of Orrin Welch, the half-brother of Charles C. Welch. Charles Welch was the person most responsible for the establishment of Louisville in 1878 after he established the first coal mine in this area in 1877. Orrin Welch is not known to have ever lived in Colorado, and it is Charles C. Welch who is thought to have been the de facto developer. In 1904, Orrin Welch, through Charles C. Welch, transferred (in one transaction) four lots on the west side of Lincoln to Charles F. Wolfer, the Louisville real estate developer and doctor. These included Lots 5 & 6. Wolfer had also acquired seven lots on the west side of Lincoln from Welch in 1903 in a separate transaction. In 1905, Wolfer sold Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8, which today make up 621 Lincoln and 625 Lincoln, to Edwin Carveth, who owned 637 Lincoln. A. Milton Bittner and Anna Bittner had purchased Lots 3 and 4 (625 Lincoln, the next parcel to the north of 621 Lincoln) and lived there. In 1909, the Bittners purchased Lots 5, 6, 7, & 8 from 1