We have long debated whether one should cook, heat or make hot water with gas or electricity. I used to think that it was better to burn gas directly under food or water instead of burning coal far ...

Starting around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, the iconic 1950s All-Electric House was lifted from its foundation at 63rd and Lackman, site of the Johnson County Museum, and transported nine miles to 87th ...

The 1950s All-Electric House is at 6305 Lackman Road, Shawnee. For more information call 913-715-2550. The living room in the 1950s All-Electric House is totally wired. The painting on the mantle ...

A house that's been a big piece of Johnson County history became a mobile home Tuesday night.The Johnson County Museum’s All-Electric House moved from its former home in Shawnee to its new location at ...

As we walked through the house that would eventually be ours, I made a list of changes I wanted. I would change the electric cooktop to gas because the cavewoman in me likes to see the fire when I ...

Anne Jones, the curator of collections at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Museum, places a bottle of Manischewitz wine on the table of the All-Electric House on Wednesday, preparing the house for ...

SHAWNEE, Kan. — Do you remember what Christmas was like as a kid? For one more week you can go back in time at Kansas City’s All-Electric House in Shawnee, Kansas. There you’ll be transported to ...

In popular culture, the 1950s often come across as a sort of dream — an ever-shifting montage of one-car families, tract houses, trips to Disneyland, a friendly president named Eisenhower smiling from ...