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The Charles Curtis House, where the nation's first Native American vice president lived, is on the market. Its owner is waiting for the right buyer.

Next Wednesdays inauguration of Kamala Harris, a Black woman who will be the nations second vice president of color, has brought heightened media attention to its first vice president of color — Charles Curtis, a Native American from Topeka who held that office from 1929 to 1933. Meanwhile, Curtis former mansion at 1101 S.W. Topeka Blvd. is for sale by the three siblings who inherited it from their parents, Don and Nova Cottrell, who each died recently after having restored the house...

CBS News Remembering Charles Curtis, the first Native American vice president two domes.  "My mom loved the house; its probably one of the prettiest houses in Topeka," said Patty Dannenberg. Her parents, Nova and Don Cottrell, purchased the local landmark in 1993. "It hadnt been well cared for. It needed a lot of work," Dannenberg said. Although the couple was retired, they spent the next 25 years painstakingly restoring the homes parquet flooring, gleaming chandeliers and stained glass, even...