The intersection of Sewell and 27th Street in the contemporary Quindaro district of Kansas City, Kansas is shown in the bottom center of this map. The small blue square on the Northwest corner of the intersection represents the statue of John Brown. The house in yellow at 3464 Vernon street may well be the oldest surviving home in Wyandotte County. It is called the Brown-Blachly House because Adam Brown, father of Quindaro Nancy Brown, was supposed to have built the home. At some later time, Rev. Blachly purchased the home and eventually died in the house in 1877 from consumption. Rev. Blachly began the first school for African American children in Quindaro. Rev. Blachly was accused of a lack of concern for women's rights by Clarina Nichols. The relationship between them survives only through Nichols's writings, so a fair estimation of the charges can only be speculated upon. Blachly is responsible for purchasing the lands which eventually became the home of Western University. Blachly is burried in the Quindaro Cemetery at North 38th Street and Parrellel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas. A photograph of his unique tombstone may be seen on this page.

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