825 Lee St Trott-Downer Cabins 2017__Updated 2021

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In 1918, Jopling's estate sold the lots to Tony D'Orio. He had been born in Italy in about 1878 and was a longtime shoemaker in Louisville. As with Jopling, there is not any evidence that he lived in a structure on the lots. Records show that he lived with his family on Grant Ave. during the time of his ownership of the Tots. Trott Construction and Ownership of Cabins, 1936-1946; Dates of Construction Boulder County Recorder property records indicate that Laura Trott purchased these lots in 1936, based on the recording of the deed of trust (mortgage) on the property that year. The actual warranty deed was not recorded until 1940. The Trotts are believed to have been the owners who were responsible for the construction of the cabins. They built four cabins on the lots, all facing Lee Ave. Cabins 3 and 4 were later attached to one another to become one building. There were also additional buildings adding up to several rentals. According to the 2000 Architectural Inventory Forms for Cabin #1 and Cabin #2, they were both constructed on Outlot 2. Laura Hendricks Trott (1898-1986) was born in Oklahoma. Her husband, Benjamin "Emmit" Trott (1894-1972) was born in Arkansas. They married in Arkansas in 1914 and had several children. At the time of the 1930 census, they were living in Six Mile, Franklin County, Illinois, which was a coal mining community from which others also came to Louisville. The Trott family arrived in Louisville by 1933 and Emmit Trott opened a junk business on the north side of Pine just east of the railroad tracks. Their property on Pine included the Ernest Grill Lumber building, which they later relocated, and the house that is now 1105 Pine. The 1940 federal census listed him as being the proprietor of a junk business. He is also remembered as having had a hauling business. They purchased this separate parcel on Pine by a deed that was recorded in 1945 and are believed to have also owned other property in East Louisville. 3