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of Lot 9 to Nesbit. Then, in 1932, Tony and Susie Delemma sold the north half of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10 to Nesbit. The 1932 deed noted that there was a cesspool on the south half of Lot 9 owned by Nesbit. This is now the farthest north section of the parcel making up 1024 Jefferson. The deed specifically reserved to Tony and Susie Delemma an easement to connect their property at 1040 Jefferson with a "subsurface pipeline" to the cesspool for the purpose of discharging sewage. Nesbit sold the north half of Lot 9 and Lot 10 to Clarence Rhodes in 1937. That one -and - a -half lot parcel is now the location of 1032 Jefferson. Nesbit retained ownership of the south half of Lot 9, so 1024 Jefferson today consists of the two -and -a -half lots of 7, 8, and the south half of 9. The County gives the year 1931 as the date of construction for this house on the current County Assessor website and on the Assessor card completed in 1948. The County is sometimes in error with respect to the dates of construction of Louisville buildings, so other evidence is looked to. In this case, it has been found that the deed conveying Lots 7 and 8 to Fred Nesbit, though not recorded with Boulder County until 1937, was in fact dated 1930. The deed mentioning the existence of Fred Nesbit's cesspool was dated 1932. These documents provide support to the 1931 construction date, which is believed to be accurate. The documents also provide support for the bathroom at 1024 Jefferson being original to when the house was constructed, which is the understanding of the current owner. Fred Nesbit, Sr. was a particularly prominent resident of Louisville. While living among coal miners, he was in fact the owner of some of the most productive coal mines in the area. Fred Nesbit's father, Ephraim Nesbit, was also a coal mine operator. Ephraim was born in Belleville, Illinois in 1866 and, according to the Nesbit family, came to Colorado in 1886. In the 1880s, he acquired ownership of a mine shaft in southern Colorado in partnership with Peter Peltier. These two longtime partners later had mine interests in Boulder County. Fred Nesbit was born to Ephraim and Clara Nesbit in Lafayette, Colorado in 1897. By 1918, Fred Nesbit had married Ruth Young. Both the 1920 and 1930 federal census records show them to be living at the Old Centennial Mine located just a little over one mile south of downtown Louisville, just north of Dillon Rd. between S. 96th St. and the railroad tracks. (Their residency at the mine has also been confirmed by former Louisville residents, brothers now ages 92 and 94. They also lived in a house at the Centennial Mine in the 1920s, their father having been a worker and miner for Nesbit.) Although technically the mine was owned by the Boulder Valley Coal Co., which was founded by Ephraim Nesbit and Peter Peltier, Fred Nesbit is remembered as having operated the mine and is believed to have taken over the company from his father, who died in 1938. 2