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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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MUSEUM

Coffey County Historical Museum

A gun collection, doll collection, a stocked covered wagon, and a 1947…

📍 Burlington, Coffey County

MUSEUM

Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum

The museum is at home in a 1933 hangar built by the…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Coffeyville Carnegie Library

The brick and limestone Neo-classical Carnegie library was completed in 1912. It…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

THEATRE

Coffeyville Midland Theatre

The 1928 Midland Theatre is undergoing restoration. The Mission Revival style is…

📍 Coffeyville, Montgomery County

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)

Colby WPA Projects

The 1935 Colby Community High School (750 W. 3rd) is an Eclectic…

📍 Colby, Thomas County

ARCHITECTURE

Collegiate Gothic Revival Buildings

The former Ottawa High School (NRHP) and Junior High School (NRHP), 526…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

HISTORIC HOME

Colonel H.C. and Susan Cross House

You almost can't tear your eyes away from this magnificent late-Victorian era…

📍 Emporia, Lyon County

HISTORIC THEATRE

Colonial Fox Theater

Restoration efforts are ongoing to return the 1920s Colonial Fox Theater to…

📍 Pittsburg, Crawford County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Columbus Carnegie Library

The Ottawa architectural firm of George P. Washburn and Son designed the…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

PARK

Columbus City Park

The WPA built the 1930s stone structures, including the retaining wall and…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

COURTHOUSE GROUNDS

Columbus Courthouse Square

Iron cutouts of Columbus' ship the Santa Maria are docked on the…

📍 Columbus, Cherokee County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Colwich Sacred Heart Catholic Church

The 1906 brown-brick church with a tall double spire is clearly the…

📍 Colwich, Sedgwick County

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