Topeka ? Topeka officials say a house scheduled to be torn down does not have any connection to a slave-era shelter and transportation network.

The City Council this week voted to allow the city to build two new homes on property believed to have a connection with the Underground Railroad.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that earlier this month a resident questioned whether the house might be an important historic structure.

City housing supervisor Warren Woodruff says the vacant house was built after the previous home was razed.

A compliance officer with the Kansas State Historical Society agreed that the home in the Highland Park area has no historical significance.