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The 1948 Boulder County Assessor cards for these structures do not give a date of construction. The Boulder County Assessor website appears to give 1935 as the date of construction. Boulder County has sometimes been found to be in error with respect to the dates of construction of Louisville's historic buildings, so other evidence is looked to. In this case, the Boulder County property records indicate that the Trotts, who are believed to have constructed the cabins, purchased them in 1936 (the year in which the deed of trust on the property was recorded, though the warranty deed was not recorded until 1940). According to Louisville resident Jean Morgan, a grandson of Laura and Emmit Trott was born in one of the cabins in 1939. Last, the 2000 Architectural Inventory Forms state that the two cabins were constructed in "ca. 1940." Based on these pieces of evidence, the construction date is estimated to be "circa 1935-1940." The following excerpt of an aerial view from the Carnegie Library for Local History shows the cabins and the area around them in the early 1940s. The Trott business and home can be seen to the south of the cabins (on the north side of Pine). The area in which the cabins are located is circled. History of Cabins and Ancillary Buildings in Louisville These cabins relate to an aspect of Louisville history from its earlier years, particularly the mining years. Although people in the Louisville community were overall similarly situated in terms of class, many residents could not afford to purchase houses or wanted the convenience of rentals. Also, according to many current Louisville residents, for a long time there were more people interested in purchasing houses than there were houses to purchase. As a result, many people in Louisville rented or lived in temporary housing. Census records show that it was common for a family to rent a house, and that it was also very common for people to live in the outbuildings of relatives or to rent outbuildings. If a single miner or a few single miners lived in such a building, it is still in Louisville typically referred to as a "batch" or "bach" (short for bachelor). 4