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married and Ella was living with her daughter Berenice, son-in-law Robert Sneddon (Snow), and her two youngest children — Grace and Robert (ages 12 and 10). Ella Ferguson remarried to John Bammer [Barmmer] in 1926 and they stayed in the house until she passed away in 1929. After Ella's death, family lore notes that there was either not enough money to pay for her funeral, or to pay the property taxes. Boulder County records show that the Boulder County Treasurer sold the house in 1929 to G.R. Henning, who was the local mortician and also owned several properties around Louisville. Discussion of Date of Construction According to Mike Deborski, who is the current owner of 601 Pine, the house consists of three different miner's shanties or cottages attached together. Based on other family history from Isabelle Hudson, the front door of the original house faced Grant Avenue so it is assumed that the north portion of the current house was the original building. This is corroborated by the Drumm's Wall Map of 1909 that shows a structure on Lot 10 of Block 7. Other research from city directories list this address as 203 Grant, 205 Grant, 103 Grant, 700 Grant, and 702 Grant between 1916 and 1952. A notice in the Louisville Times from 1906 also notes, "Max Ferguson is giving his house a new coat of paint", indicating that there was a house on the property by 1906. The Boulder County Assessor card from 1950 notes the age of the house as 60 years old with the comment, "old house remodeled." This would place the original construction date of the house at 1890, suggesting that the original part of the house may have been moved to the site by the Fergusons, possibly from a nearby mining camp. 1909 Drumm's Wall Map showing Lots 10-11 of Block 7, Pleasant Hill Addition.