Long ago on independence square (Pacific, Parkway: homeowners association, suite, homeowners)

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

A lot going on inside but not much outside.

Perhaps we should sneak inside for a look-about!

http://www.jacksongov.org/content/91...9252/9254.aspx

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Perhaps we should sneak inside for a look-about!

Jackson County - Historic Truman Courthouse Interior Renovations

Curiously, the company doing the improvements lists a number of other projects and provides some photos of their finished work on their website but does not mention the courthouse. Perhaps when the work is finished...

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

I'll take that challenge. First I'll reveal that this house is next door to the former residence of the Swaim family, of the Swaim Insurance Agency. More later...

Would you be referring to the Laursen family? Or perhaps the next occupants, the Plank bunch?

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Would you be referring to the Laursen family? Or perhaps the next occupants, the Plank bunch?

UNCLE! You win!! I quit!!

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

UNCLE! You win!! I quit!!

For you mere mortals, the house is at 16914 E M-78, aka 23rd ST. This places it just east of M-291, or west of Jimmy D's road, aka James Downey.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Where is this really old staircase?

It goes up to the landing then turns and continues on to the second floor, then continues on to a third floor.

That is not the grand entry in the background. The grand entry is to the left out of view.

The Bingham-Waggoner estate on West Pacific. Below is an outside photo of the rear of the house. According to the guide, Allis Chalmers wanted to purchase the estate, raze it, and build a parking lot.

The city and a group saved it, I think in the 80s. Allis Chalmers has now been gone for some years to Hesston, Ks.

The air conditioner in the second window is a current day office in one of the bedrooms.

[SilverDoc]

Mad already knows where this is, but I wanted to post it anyway. This is one of my first very crude attempts at creating a panoramic photo from three separate ones. The quality of the originals left a lot to be desired!

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

The Bingham-Waggoner estate on West Pacific. Below is an outside photo of the rear of the house. According to the guide, Allis Chalmers wanted to purchase the estate, raze it, and build a parking lot.

The city and a group saved it, I think in the 80s. Allis Chalmers has now been gone for some years to Hesston, Ks.

The air conditioner in the second window is a current day office in one of the bedrooms.

Some of my cousins lived on Liberty, just one block over. We spent many a summer day playing in the crick that runs across the south field of the estate. I wonder if any of the forts we built still survive?

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Mad already knows where this is, but I wanted to post it anyway. This is one of my first very crude attempts at creating a panoramic photo from three separate ones. The quality of the originals left a lot to be desired!

I see a place of significance for you!

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Mad already knows where this is, but I wanted to post it anyway. This is one of my first very crude attempts at creating a panoramic photo from three separate ones. The quality of the originals left a lot to be desired!

Spring Branch Elementary School, I presume.

[WCHS'59]

This is the rehabbed two-room out house at the Bingham-Waggoner mansion.

The guide did not mention the significance of the two rooms. I think rather than being male-female, they may have been black-white.

I wonder if the window was opaque.