County: | Lyon | |
Address: | 1101 W SOUTH AVE | |
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City: | Emporia | |
Zip: | 66801 | |
Parcel ID: | 195-16-0-40-07-022.00-0 | |
Legal Description: | Section 16 Township 19S Range 11 | |
Legal Description Remarks: | BEG NW COR BLK 4 S345 W231.85 N345 E231.85 TO POB | |
Latitude, Longitude 1: | 38.39705 -96.19455 | |
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Datum: | WGS84 |
Historic Name: | Gilchrist, M. W., House | |
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Historic Function: | Domestic | |
Subcategory: | Single Dwelling | |
Historic Function Remarks: | Gilchrist owned M. W. Gilchrist and Company, dealers in Pine Lumber, glazed sash, doors, mouldings, hinges, pickets, lath, etc. (as noted by an advertisement in the Emporia newspaper). Property also contained 600 fruit trees and a gable-roof barn. The property is described in detail in the July 21, 1876 issue of the Emporia newspaper. Rendering of property is recorded in "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Lyon County, Kansas" (1878). | |
Present Function: | Domestic | |
Subcategory: | Single Dwelling | |
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Residential/Commercial/Religious Style: | National Folk | |
Secondary Style: | Folk Victorian | |
Barn Type: | Gable Roof | |
Bridge Type: | Not Applicable | |
Landscape Type: | Not Applicable | |
Physical Description/Remarks: | Form of house is gable front with wing subtype of National Folk. 1870s atlas shows porch with Folk Victorian details, although the current porch was added in the 1920s. | |
Plan Form: | Cross | |
Commercial Building Type: | Not Applicable | |
Roof Form: | Cross-gable | |
Stories: | 2 | |
Condition: | Fair | |
Principal Material: | Metal | |
Condition Remarks: | Steel Siding added in 1979, removed in 2011. Permastone may have been added at that time, too. Wood siding on wood frame; stone foundation; asphalt shingle roof. House was raised about 2ft (the equivalent of 3 concrete blocks) in the 1920s. These blocks are set atop the original stone foundation and the wood joists of the main level sit atop the blocks. | |
Architect/Designer/Builder: | Holmes, J. H. | |
Year of Construction: | 1876 | |
Certainty: | Documented | |
Date Notes: | Completed in July of 1876 | |
General Remarks: | O. Douglas (stonework); Yeaman, J. W. (Carpenter). | |
Ancillary Structures: | Barn , Garage/Carriage House , Pool , Other | |
Ancillary Structure Remarks: | 1870s: Gable-roof, vertical board-and-batten wood siding. Appears on the 1878 atlas image of this property; most of the current barn was rebuilt in the last few years due to wind damage. ca1930s: Stone driveway and pedestrian entries; stone well to the SW of house; stone bar-be-que grill to the east of the house with the date of 1935 etched in the mortar on the south face; concrete pond to the south of the house. 1970s garage. Also, one pear tree still exists that began as a cutting from one of the original 600+ fruit trees on the property. |
Name: | Canaday, Marcia |
Address: | 1101 W SOUTH AVE Emporia KS 66801 |
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Listed in State Register: | Yes |
Date of State Listing: | 11/19/2011 |
Listed in National Register: | No |
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Potentially Eligible for National Register: | Not Assessed |
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Reviewed By: | Amanda Loughlin |
Review Status: | Approved |