Have you seen these houses? Some are identified, but some are lost. If you have information on any unidentified house, please notify the Lenexa Historical Society.
This picture was used to print a postcard of
G. W. Brown's House, Lenexa, Kansas. Printed in Germany, the card dates from around 1900.
George was the son of David Brown, who is considered to be the first white settler in Lenexa.
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Built in the early 20th century by Levi Frank Newcomer and his wife Ida (Osborne) Newcomer, the Trail Inn Hotel was located at 13421 Walnut Street of present-day Lenexa, Kansas. The Newcomers rented out 11 rooms on the second floor, and Sunday dinner was $1.00. As late as the 1960s, some residents were paying $11 per month for rent.
Many customers came to the hotel by train from Kansas City, Missouri, and rented horses and/or wagons from the Newcomer Livery, which was located on the southeast corner of Walnut and Pflumm. On occasion, Mr Newcomer traveled with them to their final destination. The livery was used as garage in 1930s and 40s and was destroyed, in the winter of 1956-57, by a fire that resulted from the spontaneous combustion of lacquers used on bowling
pins.
During the 1970s, the Trail Inn Hotel was occupied by Robert B. Newcomer and wife Betty and daughters Terry and Eva Sue. Robert Newcomer was the grandson of Levi Frank. Later the porperty was sold to the city and was razed between 1980 and 1982. The Lenexa community center, a $900,000 project, opened at that location in 1982. The community center's address is 13410 Oak Street. At this date, 1998, Robert is still alive.
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The Lenexa Hotel, owned by E.C. Wood and his wife Sally. Sally also appears in the Premier Bank Picture collection. E.C. Wood also owned the Wood livery. Betsey Moody Foster, of Kansas City, Missouri, donated a fireplace bellows from this hotel to The Lenexa Historical Society. After being destroyed by fire, the Lenexa Hotel was rebuilt at the same location and today is part of the Sebring Corporation building, a wholesale drapery and 
blind company.
FIRE
Located at 9320 Haskins Street, 1998 Lenexa address, this house still stands, with alterations. In the early 1900s it was the residence of E H and Maud Wilson-Haskin. Mr. Haskin was Lenexa's first banker, chartering a bank in April, 1904.
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C E (Boss) Bradshaw house - 13300 W. 92nd Street. Mr. Bradshaw never married. Other occupants of the house included the Jacob Sharp family, who came from Nebraska, and the Elmer Rusher family. The house has been razed and today this site is a parking lot for Lenexa United Methodist church and pre-school grounds for the same church.
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Frank Enyart residence13624 W 93rd Street
Razed to build new Holy Trinity Catholic Church
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