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Centennial Mine in 1942.) Benny Phillips died in California in 1962 and was buried in the <br />Lafayette, Colorado Cemetery. <br />In 1935, Frank Giles conveyed the property at 417 County Rd. to his grandson, Benny Phillips. <br />The Fotis family lived at 417 County Rd. until 1936, when they moved to a house on Lincoln <br />Ave. in Louisville. Census records from 1940 indicate that the house at 417 County Rd. was a <br />rental at that time, and the renters appear to have been Wilfred and Naomi Smith, ages 24 and <br />22. Wilfred Smith had grown up in Louisville as the son of Charles and Avis Smith, and Wilfred <br />worked as a construction laborer in 1940. In 1940, Benny Phillips sold 417 County Rd. to George <br />Lukakies. <br />Lukakies Ownership, 1940-1947 <br />In 1940, Benny Phillips sold 417 County Rd. to George Lukakies. He was born in Greece in 1892 <br />and worked for the railroad. Specific evidence from available directories that Lukakies lived at <br />417 County Rd. could not be located. <br />Cisneros Ownership, 1947 —1992 <br />In 1947, Lukakies sold 417 County Rd. to Joseph and Virginia Cisceros. Joe Cisneros was born in <br />1901, and Virginia was born in 1910. Louisville directories show that they lived at 417 County <br />Rd. and that Joe Cisneros worked at the Eagle Mine. <br />The best evidence of what the house at 417 County Rd. looked like when it had a partial second <br />story is this 1948 County Assessor photo of 421 County, the next house to the north, that was <br />taken in 1948 and that shows 417 County on the left (it has been cropped to highlight 417 <br />County Rd.): <br />The following photo is from the County Assessor card for 417 County Rd. The card was originally <br />filled out in 1948. However, handwritten notes in red pencil by the County Assessor's office <br />staff on the card states that the photo on the card is a "retake" and "Took 1/2 story off now 1." <br />The photo is not dated, but there is an indication that the red pencil markings on the card were <br />made in 1950. Further, in the two places in the card where there was handwriting saying that <br />