Photo 21-HOS-32

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201 W CALIFORNIA ST, Osage City, KS

I own this house now. I recognize the U shaped drive way. The Morton bldg with the grain bin...still there. The old barn behind that isn't there. The house was built in 1862 but looks nothing like what's in the picture. And we now have a large field where the big structure is by the road. No idea what that is.

EDITED: The view is of the house, take a look at these:
An aerial looking almost straight down from 1956 (the house is much smaller then):
https://historicaerials.com/location/...
An aerial looking almost straight down from 1982 (the house is larger):
https://historicaerials.com/location/...

That's awesome! Thank you! It's absolutely the same house. I was looking at the neighbors houses in the next pictures. And they are all still there.

The original part of the house was built in 1862. It was added on around the house. The original basement is not very big. But someone did go down and put cement over everything. I assume it's stone under the cement. There are also 2 sets of stairways to nowhere down there. As the house was added onto, stairways to the basement got moved.

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