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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC DISTRICT

Doniphan County Courthouse Square Historic District

Highlights of the 18-site, self-guided walking tour include the 1900 opera house;…

📍 Troy, Doniphan County

HISTORIC THEATRE

Doric Theatre & Oscar's Lounge

New life has been breathed into this historic building, which opened as…

📍 Elkhart, Morton County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Double-Arch Entrance

This red-brick corner building, now the First Heritage Bank, features the same…

📍 Corning, Nemaha County

COURTHOUSE

Douglas County Courthouse

John Haskell and Frederick Gunn were associate architects for this 1904 limestone…

📍 Lawrence, Douglas County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Douglass Community Building

The limestone community building was a 1937 WPA project. It is still…

📍 Douglass, Butler County

ARCHITECTURE

Dover Native Stone Scenic Byway

Dover is the east end of the Native Stone Scenic Byway, which…

📍 Dover, Shawnee County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Downs Carnegie Library

This 1905 structure is one of the two smallest Carnegie libraries in…

📍 Downs, Osborne County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Downs Memorial Hall

Dedicated in 1923, Memorial Hall is the only monument in Osborne County…

📍 Downs, Osborne County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Downtown Arkansas City

As a result of a 1914 oil boom, many early 20th-century commercial…

📍 Arkansas City, Cowley County

SHOP STOPS

Downtown Concordia

You'll find wonderful shopping opportunities plus buildings featuring various architectural styles. Me…

📍 Concordia, Cloud County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Downtown El Dorado

It's very pleasant to stroll the red-brick sidewalks and enjoy the sculptures,…

📍 El Dorado, Butler County

DOWNTOWN

Downtown Fort Scott

The red-brick main street creates a nostalgic ribbon down the center of…

📍 Fort Scott, Bourbon County

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