The sunken living room in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home, looking toward the flagstone entryway. (Feb 6, 2013)
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The guest bedroom in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home. (Feb 6, 2013)
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A free-standing fireplace with fake electric logs and a space heater stands in the guest bedroom. (Feb 6, 2013)
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Carter McEvoy's home, built in 1957, sports a name plate, "Casa de Jetson." (Feb 6, 2013)
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The rear of Carter McEvoy's 1957 home in Benjamin HIlls sports floor to ceiling windows and a patio, typical of the period when family activities moved from the front porch to the back yard. (Feb 6, 2013)
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Carter McEvoy owns a home built in 1957 in Benjamin HIlls he has restored and furnished with period decor. Wiichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. (Feb 6, 2013)
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The entryway and staircase in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home reflects the typical use of unstained mahogany and untreated flagstone. (Feb 6, 2013)
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An open loft, used for stereo equipment in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home, sits off the second floor bedroom and overlooks the living room. (Feb 6, 2013)
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The sunken living room in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home. (Feb 6, 2013)
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A ceramic panther typical of 1960s decor rests on the TV in Carter McEvoy's bedroom. (Feb 6, 2013)
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The kitchen and family room in Carter McEvoy's home feature the natural wood surfaces typical of the late 1950s. (Feb 6, 2013)
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Glazed glass panels with pressed leaves and butterflies is a prominent feature in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home. (Feb 6, 2013)
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The family room in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home. (Feb 6, 2013)
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The family room in Carter McEvoy's home features a small tiki bar. (Feb 6, 2013)
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Mid-Century home of Jay Price.
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Mid-Century home of Jay Price.
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Mid-Century home of Jay Price.
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Mid-Century home of Jay Price.
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This is a view of a fireplace wall made of white marble stones in the McLean family home in Benjamin Hills. The house is one of two mid-century Wichita homes on a national historic register.
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Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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Dora Timmerman Bayer stands next to a portrait of her painted in 1953. Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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The den in Carter McEvoy's Benjamin HIlls home, like the rest of the house, is decorated with the futuristic furnishings and art of the mid-1960s. (Feb 6, 2013)
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Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle
Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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Travis Heying / The Wichita Eagle
Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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Wichita has a wealth of mid-century homes with interiors that reflect the times in which they were built. But year after year, as the homes get remodeled, the original fixtures and surfaces get removed or greatly altered, and pieces of history are lost. Dora Timmerman Bayer and her husband Bob have preserved the interior of their home, which was built in 1958. (Feb. 7, 2013)
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