This page is about Emporia-related restorations. Or Emporia-related real-estate needing restoration. Or Emporia-related real-estate that I just like. Or just cool stuff in Emporia.
Emporia, Kansas, is a city of 25,000 people, and right in the middle of America.
I have always liked the name Emporia. It has a nice 19th-century flavor.
825 Exchange Street, Emporia, Kansas
825 is one of the finest houses in Emporia, yet people drive…
Continue Reading727 Mechanic Street, Emporia, KS
Recently I wrote about a house I photographed in 2016 but never posted the images. Well here is another such house! And this story is both tragic, and a classic example of the old saying: No good deed goes unpunished. I had long been aware of 727 Mechanic. It was adjacent to a sea…
Continue ReadingCharles W. Squires CONFIRMED
Way back in 2016 I did a post about a very distinctive architectural detail I kept seeing all over Emporia. The post was titled: Prolifically Mysterious & Curvaceous I wrote: For years now, as I have slowly driven around the leafy residential districts of Emporia, I have noted houses which must be by the same…
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