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Jefferson, 1208 Jefferson, and 713 Caledonia. Evidence indicates that there was not a residence <br />on the property prior to 1930. <br />A warranty deed recorded in 1929 shows that Anthony Kilker sold these four lots to Rocco <br />DeSantis in 1929. In 1930, a bill of sale was recorded with Boulder County showing the purchase <br />a house by Rocco DeSantis from Rocky Mountain Fuel Company for $125. The house was <br />described as being "formerly located approximately Five Hundred (500) feet east of the portal <br />of the Gorham Mine at or near the east side of the Town of Marshall." The house was further <br />described as being 24 x 24 feet in size and being plastered, with four rooms. <br />Rocco DeSantis then relocated this mine house to the parcel at 1200 Jefferson, which he had <br />just purchased the year before. It was common practice to relocate buildings in the Louisville <br />area between the late 1800s and the mid-1900s. (This practice is further described in the lead <br />article of the Fall 2011 issue of The Louisville Historian, entitled "Here Today and There <br />Tomorrow" by Heather Lewis and accessible here: <br />http://www.louisvilleco.gov/home/showdocument?id=1114.) The DeSantis family then moved <br />into the house. <br />Boulder County gives the date of construction of the original part of this house as being 1900. <br />This date appears on the current Boulder County website; no construction dates appear on the <br />two County Assessor card for this address. Since Boulder County records are sometimes in error <br />with respect to the construction dates of historic buildings in Louisville, other evidence must <br />also be looked to. In this case, given that the house was relocated, this date of construction is <br />believed to represent an estimate of when the house was originally constructed at the Gorham <br />Mine. The Gorham Mine was in operation in Marshall from 1898 to 1939, according to the U.S. <br />Geological Survey (map i-2735). Since the mine was open before 1900, it is possible that the <br />house that was moved to 1200 Jefferson was built in 1900. Therefore, the construction date is <br />assumed to be circa 1900. <br />This photo from the Louisville Historical Museum shows the Gorham Mine area in Marshall in <br />the early 1900s: <br />2 <br />