800 Louisiana

	800 LOUISIANA
	By Juliet Cline
		Construction of the house at 800 Louisiana probably began in 1865 and was finished around 1868. The house was built out of limestone in an "L" shape. Before 1865, the property was known as Lot 118. On February 22, 1864, Andrew John Anderson bought the property for fifty dollars from a real estate agent, William H. R. Lykins. When the house was finished, it was worth $1800.00.
	This house sits on the southeast corner of Eighth and Louisiana.
	The front of the house faces north.	A.J. Anderson lived in the house with his wife Jennie and his two daughters. His wife Jennie kept a boarding house. The workmen who boarded there were believed to have assisted in constructing the Wilder & Palm gristmill. There were three stone masons (Lewis F. Hulquist, Gustave Johnson, and Nicholas Spongray), a blacksmith (Andrew Johnson), two carpenters (August Dunsberry, and Theodore Lefyren), and five day laborers (Erick Johnson, Peter Clingback, Andrew Johnson, W. Johnson, and John Humburghage).
		There are stories of rustic concerts held in the ravine once behind the house. The basement door once led to a footpath to a bridge across the ravine.
	This side of the house faces Louisiana Street.
		In 1934, Hovey J. Hanna bought the house for $800.00 (In 1867, the house was worth $1000 more) and restored it. The wood frame sections on the house were additions by Hanna. The house is on the corner of Eighth and Louisiana. It is in the Old West Lawrence Historic District, which is on National Register of Historic Places.
	A stone wall lines the yard along the front and the alley.

Credits:

Nineteenth Century Houses in Lawrence, Kansas. University of Kansas Museum of Art. Pg. 8
Notes from Watkins Community Museum files.

This is a Photo 2 Project at West Junior High School, Lawrence, Kansas.
Jessica Pegues, instructor.

© Juliet Cline 2002.

Historic Places / Student Projects / Community Connections / West Junior High / USD 497