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.

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825 Exchange Street, Emporia, Kansas

                                                                                      825 is one of the finest houses in Emporia, yet people drive…

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727 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…

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