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  1. The Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home was built in 1889, in typical nineteenth-century, Midwestern style, constructed of white pine clapboard with a cedar shingle roof. The Chrysler family occupied this home from 1889 until 1908. Many families owned the home until 1952 when Joe Herbert, the Dodge/Plymouth dealer in Ellis, bought the home because ...

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  2. Walter P. Chrysler, auto giant and founder of the Chrysler Corporation, helped his father, Henry, and brother build the small clad house at 102 W. 10th Street in 1889. The surrounding white picket fence holds safe the memories of a boy growing to manhood in Ellis, Kansas. The first car to bear Walter's name, the 1924 Chrysler "6", is housed in the museum behind his boyhood home. Follow Walter ...

    • 102 W 10th, Ellis, 67637, KS
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  3. Read our transparency report to learn more. This boyhood home of Walter Chrysler is filled with interesting furnishings and anecdotes about his life. The house is one that did not have running water, so it has a tub that required carrying water in buckets to fill it. The outhouse (latrine) was in the yard.

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  5. Tuesday–Saturday: 10AM - 4PM. 16-64 years: $4 6-15 Years: $2. Over 65: $3. Walter P. Chrysler boyhood home map. Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum. Walter Percy Chrysler was born on April 2, 1875, in Wamego, Kansas. When he was 3, Walter's family moved to Ellis, Kansas where his father worked as an engineer with the Kansas Pacific ...

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  6. Feb 19, 2012 · 1. History of The Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home Marker. Inscription. The Walter P. Chrysler Home was built in 1889 by Walter's father Henry, his brother Ed, and Walter himself. Walter lived in the home from 1889 to 1897. During this period, the Kansas Pacific Railway employed Walter as an engine wiper and later as a mechanic.

  7. Jun 4, 2022 · Walter P. Chrysler was born in 1875 in Wamego, Kansas and grew up in Ellis. If you venture to that town, just west of Hays, you will find the Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum: We were there on a very rainy day, but it was definitely worth the effort to see this well-maintained little museum.

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