
Eudora, Ks. 66025
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N 38° 56.769 W 095° 05.941
15S E 318096 N 4312895
This one-story red brick building is located at 709 Main Street in Eudora, Ks. 66025
Waymark Code: WMNKYM
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2015
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From the Kansas Historical Resource Inventory:
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"Historic Name: U.S. Post Office
Alternate Name: Former Site of Lavo Building
Historic Function: Government
Subcategory: Post Office
Historic Function Remarks: Before the present building, the two-story, frame Lavo Building built before 1870 was here and had upstairs apartments. In the 1880s, the Lavo Building, which appeared on the 1870 atlas, housed a bakery. In this building was Ernest Coony restaurant (1940s); Loss restaurant (1942); Emma Lotz café (took over for Tarleton until 1942 or 1944 and bought property in 1922, according to abstract); Robert and Louis Graham's restaurant (1921-1922); J. Milt Smike's Tarleton confectionery and café (1909-1921); J. Milt Tarleton and Will Trefz bakery and restaurant (1907-1909); H. C. Papenhausen's bakery, restaurant, and confectionary (1905-1907); Gress restaurant (1903-1905); Loomis restaurant (before 1903); Lowrie restaurant (1902); Carlton barber shop (early 1900s); William Coates' harness shop (1899) (William Coates bought out Ed Marshall's interest in 1899 and hired T. L. Haelsig) who was here (1892-1895); and Papenhausen bakery, confectionery and cigar story (1888-1889). The original abstract shows that August and Johanna Ziesenis sold this lot with a farmhouse thereon.
Present Function: Government
Subcategory: Post Office
Present Function Remarks: The current building is the postal office for Eudora. This is the first building constructed for Eudora's post office, and a new one at a different site is said to be in development.
Residential/Commercial/Religious Style: Modern/Modern Movement
Plan Form: Rectangle
Commercial Building Type: One-Part Commercial Block
Roof Form: Flat
Stories: 1
Condition: Excellent
Principal Material: Brick
Architect/Designer/Builder: Unknown
Year of Construction: 1962"