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FangKC
Mark Twain Tower
Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2003 4:02 am Posts: 9508 Location: Old Northeast -- Indian Mound
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The Victor Beutner House at 1800 E. 39th (39th and Forest). It's in the Mannheim Park neighborhood. This is a Louis Curtiss-designed house, completed in 1911, that is in terrible distress and needs a savior. 
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:27 pm |
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LenexatoKCMO
City Center Square
Joined: Wed May 25, 2005 9:34 pm Posts: 14533
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There is also a remarkably identical mansion in east Lawrence, perhaps a little better preserved - Perhaps it is a very early version of the modern "McMansion". 
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:38 pm |
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PumpkinStalker
Bryant Building
Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:04 am Posts: 3857 Location: Waldo
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That's good! Here's a STRANGE one....it's out in BFE Lee's Summit near rural parts of Ward Road. It's like a lighthouse, but it's in a field. My friends parents almost bought the land to bulldoze and put a house on. I'm glad they didn't, it should be rennovated as a rural oddity. 
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:42 pm |
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KansasCityCraka
Oak Tower
Joined: Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:01 pm Posts: 4793
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The Sauer Castle is suppose to be renovated soon. I have been inside of it and it is prety awesome....those crappy fences they put up didn't stop me and my friends.
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:47 pm |
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moderne
Hotel President
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:50 pm Posts: 3362 Location: downtown
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Whatever happened to the plans a few years back to make it the centerpiece of a large housing development similar to Longview?
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:52 pm |
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KCMax
Global Moderator
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 22175 Location: The basement of a Ross Dress for Less
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Interesting thread guys. I appreciate it.
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:56 pm |
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AllThingsKC
Mark Twain Tower
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:57 pm Posts: 8475 Location: Kansas City, Missouri (Downtown)
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Oh! I almost forgot about that. I used to live near it. I think the last time I was there, they were working on that development.
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:59 pm |
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PumpkinStalker
Bryant Building
Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:04 am Posts: 3857 Location: Waldo
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The land to the right of Sauer Castle has a house on it, in it lives the caretaker (Mark if my memory is accurate). He's a personal friend of Carl Lopp, owner and trustee of Sauer Castle. He came out one day this summer while I was snapping pictures (wobbled out is more like it, he was WASTED drunk) and chatted with me. Through globs of flying saliva and rubbery lips, I made out that he appreciated me coming during the day and not at night, that he never gets any sleep because the guard dogs are always barking and he has to chase away tresspassers. He claims to live on the property for free, his only job to scare away people. He also told me that the Lopp/Sauer family descendants were coming to KC (Carl lives in NY last time I did internet sleuthing - others unknown) this past summer to have a picnic on the grounds and discuss what to do with it. I don't know if this happend because he didn't know when it would occur. Anyone close by see anything?
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:11 pm |
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Critical_Mass
New York Life
Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:56 am Posts: 334 Location: Downtown
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What?! How were you able to determine this "ghost" had female reproductive parts? I think the "female spirit" actually resided in your head.
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| Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:08 pm |
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Sportster
Colonnade
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:23 am Posts: 878
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Given the cupola on this one, I'm saying its part of Longview, working quarters of some sort. Sportster ...maybe check the inventory on that one
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:04 am |
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FangKC
Mark Twain Tower
Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2003 4:02 am Posts: 9508 Location: Old Northeast -- Indian Mound
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Wasn't there a horse-racing track at Longview?
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:55 am |
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PumpkinStalker
Bryant Building
Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:04 am Posts: 3857 Location: Waldo
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There was a large horse barn that is now turned into an elementary school. The building I pictured above is no where near the Longview compound. I'm sure the structure has a useful purpose, but I highly doubt it had anything to do with Longview. It's not in the same geographic area nor is it at all close to the materials used for Longview. Most of the buildings were stucco with red tile roofs.
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:32 am |
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bbqboy
Broadway Square
Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:25 pm Posts: 2802
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Because she was bitching at him?
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:22 pm |
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Sportster
Colonnade
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:23 am Posts: 878
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No she wasn't bitching at me - although I DID marry a high school debate coach. Do the math! LOL! Say what you will, but she appeared at the foot of the bed one night, dressed in a shirtwaist. (look it up) There were other instances as well - footsteps coming up the stairs, cold drafts where and when there shouldn't have been, things moved, things left "out". Sportster ...we saw what we saw
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:41 pm |
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bbqboy
Broadway Square
Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:25 pm Posts: 2802
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Oh No! First Dennis Kucinich and Shirley McLaine and now Sportster!
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schugg
Hotel President
Joined: Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:02 am Posts: 3275 Location: kcmo
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AllThingsKC
Mark Twain Tower
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:57 pm Posts: 8475 Location: Kansas City, Missouri (Downtown)
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schugg
Hotel President
Joined: Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:02 am Posts: 3275 Location: kcmo
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Sportster
Colonnade
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:23 am Posts: 878
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 Sportster ...heartily guffawing!
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:37 pm |
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chrizow
Global Moderator
Joined: Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:43 pm Posts: 16515
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if i saw a ghost in my house i would move instantly.
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| Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:43 pm |
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