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2 lots and five other lots to local real estate developer Charles Wolfer in 1903, the price was less than $40 per lot. Then the sale price for the two lots in October 1904 was $140. However, in May 1906, jumped to $1200. Although we may never know the full story of why the figure was so high, this information does seem to suggest that a dwelling had been constructed on the lots in the interim between sales. No other relevant information that might shed light on the construction date could be found , except that the house appears on the 1909 Drumm’s Wall Map of Louisville, so it was definitely built by 1909. For these reasons, the date of construction is assumed to be “circa 1905.” Dalby Family Ownership, 1906-1976 George Dalby (1878-1947) purchased these lots in the Pleasant Hill Addition in 1906. According to The Louisville Times in 1946, he had come with his family from Iowa to Louisville when he was 14, in about 1892. In 1900, George married Jane Elsdon. They had four children: Edward (1901 -1930), Clara (1902-1928), Grace (Davies) (1904-1996), and Joe (1911-1997). They all lived at 601 Lincoln. According to Louisville directories and the 1920 federal census, George’s father, James Dalby (1851 -1925) also made his home at 601 Lincoln in the 1910s and early 1920s. At about the same time as when George Dalby purchased 601 Lincoln, and by most accounts in about 1905-1907, he became a merchant and went into the retail business in Louisville with three of his cousins, who were Frank Carveth, Edwin Carveth, and James Arthur Carveth. They moved their business into the existing State Mercantile Building at 801 Main St. in about 1909. For the next 60 years, the building was known as the “Carveth Bros. & Dalby” or the “Dalby’s Supermarket” building and it was one of the most prominent downtown businesses and buildings during that time. Edwin died in 1909 and the other partners bought out his interest. In 1918, James Arthur sold his interest to the others and Emma Harris. In 1920, upon the death of Frank Carveth, George Dalby and Emma Harris bought out his interest and became the only partners in the business, which continued to be called “Carveth Bros. & Dalby.” A Louisville Times article from the 1940s indicated that George Dalby held the majority interest from 1920 until his son took over the business in 1946. George Dalby was injured in the same accident in 1920 that killed his cousin, Frank Carveth, and his brother, Frank Dalby. On Labor Day in 1920, two Interurban trains had a head -on collision in Globeville, just north of Denver. The train on its way to Denver was filled with Louisville residents, many of whom were on their way to see a Louisville native son, Toney W. LaSalle, play baseball in the championship game of the Denver Post Baseball Tournament. The crash killed 13 people, seven of who were from Louisville. It also injured about 40 others from Louisville, including George Dalby. The following photo shows George Dalby on the left of three men standing in front of the Stoiber store at 813 Main, two doors up from his store at 801 Main. (A photo of Jane Dalby could not be located for this report. Photos of the Dalby children are viewable in the Museum’s online photo collection.)