Multiple Property Listing: Historic Resources of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas: Prepared for the National Park Service, this document provides historic context for the periods of development in Lawrenceâs built environment.
Fred MacMurray (1908â1991) Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type. Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois, to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray.
In the judicial branch, he was the 13th Chief Justice of the United States, appointed by President Truman. Frederick Vinson, known universally as Fred, was born in the newly built, eight-room, red brick house in front of the Lawrence County jail, Louisa, Kentucky, where his father served as the Lawrence County Jailer.