The Topeka Room has a collection of Garlinghouse Home Plan catalogs and blueprints that cover a range of home styles from bungalows to colonials to "kamp kabins". Garlinghouse was founded in Topeka in 1907 and continues to produce ready-to-order home …
The Topeka Room has Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps dating from 1913-1955. Earlier editions are available online with a Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library card here.
These large-scale maps may be used to estimate the date of …
The Topeka Room has an extensive collection of Topeka city directories dating from 1870 to the present. These directories can be helpful in establishing the year a house was built, as well as the names and occupations of previous residents.
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