HISTORY OF THE TOWNLEY HOUSE

This house, probably the oldest building in Chamois, was built in 1856 by Charles Phelps. The original logs are now covered by weatherboarding. In 1864 one of Phelps' daughters, Myra Jane, married Alvah W. Townley. The house had been in the Townley family until 1991 when it was deeded to the Osage County Historical Society by Verda Leonard, whose mother was a Townley. The Townley House is located at the corner of Third and Market Streets, Chamois.

On the left is a gravestone in the dog cemetery, Townley house yard.