"Gunsmoke" (1955) - Review & Commentary

[Mister Obvious]

Check out this beautiful building in Dodge City...

Ford County's "Home of Stone" lives up to this, even today. It remains the lone limestone house in Dodge City, elegant in its simplicity of line. It can also claim the distinction of being the oldest building in Dodge City that is still on its original site.

The 'Home of Stone' was owned by only 2 families; John Mueller, a bootmaker who came to Dodge City to open a boot store. He became so successful he invested in a saloon and became a cattle rancher. After losing all his cattle (75,000 head) in a blizzard, and fire destroyed his boot shop, he and his wife returned to St. Louis.

The home and furnishings were sold to Adam Schmidt in 1890. Adam’s two unmarried children lived in the home until 1960 and sold it with all its furnishing to Ford County in 1965. The Ford County Historical Society curates it for the county.

https://www.visitdodgecity.org/316/Muell...e-of-Stone

http://www.kansashistory.us/fordco/house.html

https://imgur.com/a/SYn8ZKK