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Transue Brothers Blacksmith & Wagon Shop
309 N MAIN ST
Summerfield

LOCATION:
County:Marshall
Address: 309 N MAIN ST
Address Remarks:
City:Summerfield
Zip:66541
Parcel ID:
Legal Description:
Legal Description Remarks:Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), and Five (5) in Block Nineteen (19) of the original town of Summerfield, Marshall County Kansas.
Latitude, Longitude 1:39.99827 -96.34863
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Datum:WGS84
DESCRIPTION:
Historic Name:Transue Brothers Blacksmith & Wagon Shop
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Historic Function:Commerce/Trade
Subcategory:
Historic Function Remarks:Opened in 1898 as a blacksmith shop and functioned as such until the late 1960s.
Present Function:Work in Progress
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Residential/Commercial/Religious Style:Commercial Style
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Physical Description/Remarks:
Plan Form:Rectangle
Commercial Building Type:One-Part Commercial Block
Roof Form:Flat with Parapet
Stories:1
Condition:Deteriorated
Principal Material:Stone
Condition Remarks:Built of native limestone; front elevation features brick parapet, central sliding doors flanked by large multi-light fixed windows
Architect/Designer/Builder:
Year of Construction:1898
Certainty:Documented
Date Notes:Date noted in newspapers and on building date stone
General Remarks:
Ancillary Structures: Other
Ancillary Structure Remarks:A 1.5-story gable-roof building is located directly behind the blacksmith shop. It is the coal shed. It has been covered with ribbed tin for many years and has a collapsing shed-roof addition on the north side.
OWNER:
Name:Liz and David Zahm
Address: 30864 SW 89th RD Beatrice NE 68310
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REGISTER STATUS:
Listed in State Register:No
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Listed in National Register:No
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Potentially Eligible for National Register: Yes
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SURVEY INFORMATION:
There is no survey information for this record.
RECORD REVIEW:
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Review Status:Approved
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Blacksmith Shop - Center, brick building, located on West side of Main Street - photo taken by S. Martin looking SW 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Left, brick building - (Front, east-facing elevation) - photo taken by S. Martin looking W 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - East Elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking W 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - East Elevation, close-up of windows - photo taken by S. Martin looking W 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - West (rear) Elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking SE 08-07-2009

Blacksmith Shop - West (rear) Elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking E 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - North (side) Elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking E 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Coal Shed - East elevation and lean-to addition - photo taken by S. Martin looking SW 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Coal Shed - North and west elevations and lean-to addition - photo taken by S. Martin looking E 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Coal Shed - South elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking E 08-07-2009

Blacksmith Shop - Coal Shed - East elevation showing close-up of exterior cladding - photo taken by S. Martin 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Farriers Shop - East and North elevations - photo taken by S. Martin looking SW 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Farriers Shop - East elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking W 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - Farriers Shop - North elevation - photo taken by S. Martin looking S 08-07-2009
Blacksmith Shop - 1903 Historic photo of Summerfield, KS mainstreet

Blacksmith Shop - Historic photo of John Thomas Hutton and Walt Shaffer, blacksmiths; date unknown