The Oscar Carlson House is a historic house in rural Morris County, Kansas, southwest of the community of Burdick. Carpenter Swen Johnson built the house for Oscar and Anna Carlson in 1930; Anna contributed several pieces of the design. The one-and-a-half story house has a bungalow design with a gable roof, projecting cross gabled bays, and a full-width front porch, all typical elements of the style. The house included technology that was considered modern for the time, including a windmill-powered running water system and electric wiring; the latter could not be used until 1944, when electric lines reached the area. Anna's plan for the basement included a laundry room with a washing machine, a stove for cooking and heating laundry water, and chutes for laundry, garbage, and dust. As of 2000, the Carlson family's descendants still owned and lived in the house.[2]
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| Nearest city | Burdick, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 38°32′11″N 96°52′53″W / 38.53639°N 96.88139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1930 |
| Built by | Swen Johnson |
| Architectural style | Bungalow |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000533[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 26, 2000 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 2000.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Hoy, James. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oscar Carlson House" (PDF). Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved March 22, 2023.