Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

   

Kansas is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. It is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks.

 
Houses and buildings around Lawrence, Kansas from 1947 to 1949
 
For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
 
Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area and is the 34th most-populous of the 50 states. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,039 feet (1,231 meters).
 
These amazing photos from were taken by Leo Horacek that show houses and buildings around Lawrence, Kansas (and maybe also in the Topeka area) from 1947 to 1949.
 
 
9th and Alabama St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

 
304 Indiana St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

 
603 Ohio St., Lawrence, Kansas, circa 1947

 

 
615 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

701 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Barn, Lawrence, Kansas, October 1947

 

BPOE, 700 Vermont St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Brick Victorian, 600 Block of Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Church construction (probably this would be Central United Methodist Church), 15th and Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas, December 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Empty Farmhouse on Clinton Road past Lone Star turn, Douglas County, Kansas, October 1947

 

English Lutheran Church, 11th St. and New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

House with gingerbread porch, 700 Block of Vermont St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Lane University / Territorial Capitol, Lecompton, Kansas, October 1947

 

Lawrence National Bank Building, 7th and Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

McLouth Baptist Church, McLouth, Kansas, November 1947

 

Pony Creek School, No. 37, somewhere in the Lawrence-Topeka, Kansas, November 1947

 

School District 38, Southeast of Topeka, near Shawnee Lake, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

School District 48 on Red Star Road from Topeka to Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

School No 78, Highway 40, Northwest of Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

School, Northwest of Lawrence, Kansas, 1947

 

The Sweet Mansion, 3rd and Topeka Blvd., Topeka, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Victorian house on 6th St., between Ohio and Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Victorian house. Road sign is for US 59 and K-10. Somewhere on 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, November 1947

 

Vinland Church, Kansas, November 1947

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Wellman Church, Kansas, November 1947

 

St Joseph Church, Topeka, Kansas, January 1948

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Baker's House, 1655 Mississippi St., Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Barn, Douglas County, Kansas, 1949

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Church, somewhere in the Lawrence-Topeka, Kansas, 1949

 

District 62 School, Douglas County, Kansas, 1949

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Italianate farmhouse, Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Kansas Church, Douglas County, 1949

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Methodist Episcopal Church near Berryton, Kansas, circa 1949

 

Nickerson House, Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

Schoolhouse, Douglas County, Kansas, 1949

 

Stone barn, somewhere near Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Stone schoolhouse, around Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Thayer Museum (Spooner Hall), Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1949

 

Amazing Photos Capture Kansas Houses and Buildings in the Late 1940s

 
Watkins Bank Building, Lawrence, Kansas, 1949