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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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CITY HALL

DeSoto City Hall

The city did a superb job renovating the former junior high/high school…

📍 DeSoto, Johnson County

MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge

You'll find the four-arch Verdigris River rainbow bridge, designed by J.B. Marsh,…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

BAND SHELL

Dexter Park Band Shell & Playground

In Dexter Park, you'll find a playground and a restored 1934 band…

📍 Clay Center, Clay County

BARN

Dexter Stone Barn

In 2011 artist Kelly Unrein painted the faces of four Kansas legends…

📍 Dexter, Cowley County

ARCHITECTURE

Dick Building

This looming Italianate building is a historic anchor and icon on this…

📍 Ellinwood, Barton County

LOG CABIN

Dietrich Cabin

The historic Dietrich Cabin was originally built in 1859 and was moved…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE

Dighton Opera House

It takes a bit of viewing this building from the front, sides,…

📍 Dighton, Lane County

GROCERY

Dillons Grocery Store

Future grocery store magnate John S. Dillon started his business in Sterling…

📍 Sterling, Rice County

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

District No. 8 School and Cemetery

Although it closed in 1952, friends of the brown-brick District No. 8…

📍 Madison, Greenwood County

HISTORIC HOME

Ditto/Leach House

With its 14 gables, the 1890 Ditto/Leach House appears like a grand…

📍 Wamego, Pottawatomie County

DOWNTOWN

Dodge City Downtown Historic District

Generally bounded by Wyatt Earp, W. Third, N. Vine and E. Central.…

📍 Dodge City, Ford County

COURTHOUSE

Doniphan County Courthouse

Revered Kansas architect George Washburn designed this Romanesque Revival building completed in…

📍 Troy, Doniphan County

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