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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.
G.W.Brown House |
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This picture was used to print a postcard of George was the son of David Brown, who is considered to be the first white settler in Lenexa. |
| Another view of the Brown house. |  |
Lost House #1 |
If you have information on this house please notify Lenexa Historical Society.
Trail Inn Hotel |
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. |
A view of the hotel from the west. |
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Lost House #2 |
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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.