Lackner's Tavern - Louisville, CO
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N 39° 58.600 W 105° 07.819
13S E 488872 N 4425175
Also known as the Track Inn since it is adjacent to the railroad tracks, this is now a Mexican restaurant.
Waymark Code: WMNV1R
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2015
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"The tavern is one of the few historic commercial structures in the community retaining physical integrity. The tavern’s location on Pine Street reflects early ordinances confining saloons to the area between the railroad tracks and Front Street." (from (
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"Joseph Lackner owned and operated this building as a saloon, then as a pool hall during Prohibition, for over thirty years between 1904 and 1937. He was in the saloon and pool hall business in Louisville for over fifty years.Beginning in the early 1880s, he and his family were prominent members of the German-speaking population of Louisville. They were also related to other members of Louisville’s leading German and Austrian families, including the Mayhoffer family,
Daxacher, and the Eberharter families. The Lackner name has at times been spelled as “Lachner,” Lechner,” and “Lochner” in the records.
Joseph Lackner was born in Zell am Ziller, Tyrol, Austria in about 1858. In 1876, he left Austria and immigrated to Pennsylvania to join his half-brother, John Schweiger. In 1878, they and John’s wife moved to Gilpin County, Colorado, where Lackner filed his Declaration of Intention to become a US citizen. His descendants believe that he likely worked as a bartender in Central City. He then established a saloon in Louisville by 1884, six years after the town’s founding. The 1884 business directory for Louisville lists this business as “Lachner and Co., saloon.” (from (
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A thorough history of the building and family may be found at (
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The NRHP form may be found at (
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