The Amidon House

11/25/2024

One of our favorite lunch spots!

11/16/2024

Our regular lunch spot!

05/03/2024

Happy Birthday to our former resident, Sam Amidon! The left picture shows him soon after his arrival in Wichita around 1887 as a young new lawyer from Ohio. The right picture shows him around 1924, a year before his death as "the greatest attorney in the Middle West" and personal friend to Woodrow Wilson as vice chair of the Democratic Party. He was likely to be appointed U.S. Attorney General had he lived to see FDR's presidency.

02/29/2024

125 years ago today: Sam Amidon's success as Sedgwick County Attorney began stirring rumors about a run for Congress. Amidon would later decline the Democratic nomination for Kansas Attorney General in 1900, citing his desire to return to private practice. He would never hold public office again, although it was widely assumed he would be appointed U.S. Attorney General by the next Democratic administration at the time of his death in 1925.

02/16/2024

Private office space for as low as $250/month, in a majestic Victorian mansion and Wichita Historic Landmark! Call (316) 347-3886 to schedule a showing.

01/24/2024

Private office space for as low as $300/month, in a majestic Victorian mansion and Wichita Historic Landmark! Call (316) 347-3886 to schedule a showing.

01/18/2024

Voting is open for the coolest office in Wichita - cast your vote for the Amidon House and share with friends if possible!

Voting is underway for the WBJ's 2024 coolest office in Wichita competition. Nine offices are competing for the title. Pick your favorite below, and the top four vote-getters will advance to the semifinal round.

01/10/2024

100 Years Ago Today: Sam Amidon departs Wichita for a meeting to determine the host city of the 1924 Democratic National Convention. Amidon, then vice chair of the national party, would go on to help plan the New York City convention. His preferred candidate, former Treasury Secretary William McAdoo, would lose the nomination to former UK Ambassador John W. Davis, who himself would lose the 1924 presidential election to incumbent President Calvin Coolidge in a landslide. A delegate to every DNC since 1888, the 1924 convention would be Amidon's last, as he would pass away the following May.

01/02/2024

One of our tenants, the law office of David Crockett, submitted us for the Wichita Business Journal's Coolest Office contest! Check out the entry here, and watch out for an opportunity to vote in upcoming weeks!

While many of the submissions in the WBJ's coolest office competition feature sleek, modern architecture, here's one that finds charm in its history.