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Historic house in Kansas, United States

United States historic place


J. B. Mahaffie House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	1100 Kansas City Road, Olathe, Kansas
Coordinates	38°53′31″N 94°48′4″W / 38.89194°N 94.80111°W / 38.89194; -94.80111
Built	1857
NRHP reference No.	77000583
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1977

The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site, locally known as the Mahaffie Farm, is located in Olathe, Kansas. The house was originally a stop along the Westport Route of the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails, which originated in nearby Westport, Missouri. The house's heyday came with large numbers of westbound travelers of the 1860s.

The house has now been converted into a museum and gift shop. It is situated on almost 40 acres (160,000 m) of land. It frequently hosts American Civil War reenactments, with a focus on events connected to Bleeding Kansas and bushwhackers. There is also an in-house blacksmith and other various era-specific artisans.

The original farm was founded by James Beatty Mahaffie and his wife Lucinda, in 1858. They ran it until 1870 and stayed on the farm until 1886. The existing house was completed by Mahaffie in 1865. It includes two foot thick limestone blocks quarried from the farm itself.

The Mahaffies left their name not only on the museum, but on a street in Olathe, Mahaffie Elementary School, and on a recent subdivision.

Notes

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Extract from the Johnson County Museum newsletter ALBUM Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Vol. XVII #2, Spring 2004

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site at Wikimedia Commons

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