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War II film of Louisville, "Our Boys and Girls in the Armed Forces, 1943-44." The line of rock piles with chains previously extended northward past the Henning Mortuary at 844 Main and around the corner to the Henning Garage at the corner of Walnut and the alley. They may have been paid for by the Henning family for the Henning Mortuary (and more photos of them can be seen in the report on 844 Main), but the only surviving rock piles are in front of 836 Main. The following photo from 2006 shows two rock piles with the chain attached: Additional Structures Behind 836 Main, Including 836 %2 Main The small house behind 836 Main was built between 1900 and 1908. It appears in the correct location on the 1908 Sanborn map (see above) and is labeled with a "D" for Dwelling. (The Colorado Cultural Resource Survey from 2000 also drew this conclusion.) It was common for Louisville residents to build additional small dwellings behind their homes in order to house family members or to rent out. The small house behind the main house came to have the address of 836 %2 Main. According to Marie Mossoni's niece, Gloria Green, it had a kitchen and living area on the first floor and a bedroom on the second floor, and the renters used an outhouse. In the late 1920s, Joseph and Johanna Gilles and their relatives lived in the small house. In 1930, Boyd and Callie Forbis and their two children were residents of the small house. (Daryl Forbis was reportedly born in the house in 1930.) At some point in around the 1930s, the Volsic family rented it. In 1943, Ray and Clara McMahon rented it. It was later the residence of John and Maude Cunning in the late 1940s and 1950s. Cunning family photos from the period when it was rented by the Cunnings, such as the following, show that it was well kept: fIt 9