American Legion Post 111 was originally established in 1920 with Andy Zurich as its first commander. The Post temporarily disbanded in 1922, and then reorganized two years later, in 1924, as Walter Rhoades Post 111. Walter Rhoades, Private First Class, United States Army, was killed during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France in October, 1918. He is believed to be the first serviceman from Louisville, CO killed while serving in World War I. His remains are buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France.

From The Louisville Times, Volume 42, Number 17, October 21, 1955: “In 1928, the Post bought a barrack which was located at the Acme mine and moved it In sections to the present site of the hall (1340 Main Street) and the members built it into the Post’s original hall. G. R. Henning was commander at that time. The hall remained the same until in 1952, when work was started in March to enlarge the hall to its present size. Joseph Schoser was commander when the remodeling program started. The 20 by 60 foot addition doubled the size of the hall. The basement was opened into a full basement under the 40 by 60 foot building and the hall made into one room upstairs. The front of the building was remodeled to a full front, colonial style. E. Smeltzer, contractor working on the Louisville sewage disposal plant at the time, donated his bulldozer to dig the basement of the addition. The members did all the work on the remodeling. The members acknowledge it has been through the efforts of all members working from the time the post was organized until the present day that the post has progressed. They acknowledge the assistance given by women of the Auxiliary. The dinner dance Saturday (1955) is a reward to the present members for this work and a celebration of the completion of work on the hall and the final payment on the mortgage!”

Portions of the following are from a 2001 Post 111 file located at the Louisville, CO museum, author unknown: “The Legion Hall was built starting in 1946 and completed in 1947. An addition was added in 1984. That property was sold to Cylermatics in 1986. From there the Post relocated to the old Train Depot which had been moved to La Farge Avenue.”

In 1991, Walter Rhoades Post 111 bought property at 1150 Pine Street and constructed the current building with basement. A second “burning of the mortgage” was held May 20, 2017 at the current Pine Street location.