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C.O. Wright House 426 East Main The home at 426 East Main is commonly referred to as the Brady house. While the Brady family purchased the home in the 1920s and it was their family home, the home was built by a prominent citizen of Cherryvale prior to the turn of the century, C.O. Wright. C.O. Wright purchased land in 1890 at 420 – 426 East Main to build a grand home now known as 426 East Main. Dated as being built in 1897, by 1895 the residence was listed on the Cherryvale census role. Mr. Wright was in the lumber business and also had many land and business holdings in Kansas City and Colorado. He became the first president of People’s Bank in 1897. At the turn of the century, Mr. Wright was the wealthiest citizen of Cherryvale and built his magnificent home as a showcase. It is a mansion constructed of the very finest materials. The front entry hall in itself is a masterpiece with double doors and a grand hall. The highly carved and massive grand staircase was imported from England. The solid oak floors are inlaid on the ground floor. The home features three quarter sawn oak fireplaces. This most elegant home boasts 2 formal parlors, a library, a very large dining room with rustic pine floors. The kitchen has marble floors and beautiful red mahogany cabinetry with stained and leaded glass doors. A separate laundry room offers plenty of cabinets for storage. The second floor of the home features a large Queen Anne style hall that can be used as a sitting area. There are 4 lovely bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. One bathroom has a separate shower with a clawfoot tub. The 2nd full bath is a dream with its 2 person Jacuzzi tub. This is a one of a kind, very special home with many stained glass windows and must see features too numerous to mention. It is a dream home with stunning detail and decoration. The architectural style of the home is the Eastern Stick style/English Queen Anne. Most of the stick style homes have been demolished or destroyed by fire or natural disasters. Today, this architectural style home is very rare to Midwest America. Due to the architectural significance this home is easily a candidate for the National Register of Historic Homes per the Dartmouth Library. The current owner retains most of the history on this home, including original copies of land deeds and history of residents. Eastern Stick Style. 1860-90 Constructed entirely of wood, the Stick Style house is characterized by horizontal, vertical, and diagonal boards, or sticks, that crisscross the exterior. These pieces of wood look like the skeleton, or outside structural supports of the house, but they are mostly decorative except for the wooden posts and braces beneath the front porch roof. Surface decoration is enhanced by clapboard on the exterior wall surfaces. Roofs are steeply pitched gables or cross gables, often with towers or large dormers jutting above the roofline. The overhanging eaves are braced. The silhouette of the house is asymmetrical and picturesque, full of interesting shapes and angles.
Cherryvale, Kansas is a small rural farming community in Southeast Kansas It is: 20 miles from Coffeyville, Ks 80 miles from Tulsa, Ok 80 miles from Joplin, Mo 150 miles from Kansas City.
Contact : Connie Plake.
Phone : 620-332-4429
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