The Cross House was built in 1894. It is located at 526 Union Street, in Emporia, Kansas. I purchased the house in March 2014.
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The Cross House, Emporia, designed by architect Charles W. Squires.
A Question of Color
Today, we often think of Victorian-era houses as having many many colors, and all quite bright. However, this is the after-effect of the Painted Ladies craze which began in San Francisco in the 1970s. Wild & crazy hippies took old, unloved houses and painted them in exciting, bold colors, the more the better. Images of…
Continue ReadingBob’s Story
NOTE: In 1999, Deborah (Debbi) and Robert (Bob) Rodak purchased the Cross House. It had been boarded up. This was the low point of the house, and it was dangerously close to being condemned and demolished. This is their story, as told by Bob: When we found out the Cross House was for sale…
Continue ReadingResurrection
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates An inner psychology drives each one of us. Yet how many of us actually understand our own behaviors and motivations? One thing has been a constant my whole life: resurrection. I am deeply drawn to resurrection, yet have no idea why. My income is derived…
Continue ReadingThe Why of the Buy
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans — John Lennon The powerful truth of this well-known quote has made itself evident to me many times. While I furiously make plans, life often saunters in from nowhere and bashes me in the head with its own agenda. I really hate this. Life did it again in…
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