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This is the complete abstract of title for lots 1 and 2, Block 10, in the Crescent Park 3rd Addition to Hutchinson, Kansas. The abstract contains a condensed history of the ownership for the property, beginning with the first transfer of the parcel to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co. in 1873, then listing each subsequent owner of the land up to 1967, when the abstract was compiled. It includes copies of the records from each time the property went through probate court proceedings. The plat map on page 2 includes Robinson's First Addition and part of the Central Land & Town Company's Second Addition. The legal description for that area is the southeast quarter and part of the southwest quarter of section 1, township 23 south, range 6 west. The map shows the route of the railroad spur that originally carried people to the Kansas State Fairgrounds. Since 1913, the fairgrounds has been located north of Crescent Boulevard. The record of the Crescent Park 3rd Addition begins on page 13, with a plat map of the addition on page 28. The neighborhood restrictions, which applied for 25 years from November 2, 1915, include the statement that "none of said lots shall be conveyed to owned or occupied by other than persons of the white race as owners or tenants." This was one method that was used in Kansas to create segregated neighborhoods.
Creator: The Hall Abstract and Title Co.
Date: 1879-1967
Item Number: 442324
Call Number: 2017-164
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442324
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Fair
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Fairs
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Abstract
Places - Cities and towns - Hutchinson
Places - Counties - Reno
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Abstract
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Land records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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