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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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ARCHITECTURE

Durham Mystery Building

It's an attractive building, this narrow structure with tile exterior (looks like…

📍 Durham, Marion County

DUTCH MILL

Dutch Mill

The 40-foot-tall Schonhoff Mill with a base diameter of 25 feet was…

📍 Wamego, Pottawatomie County

HISTORIC STRUCTURE

Dwight Eisenhower VA Medical Center Campus

Drive slowly through the campus to view the many elegant structures originally…

📍 Leavenworth, Leavenworth County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Earliest Lutheran Congregation

A sign at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 701 Frazier, states that St.…

📍 Valley Falls, Jefferson County

COURTHOUSE

Early Courthouse

Originally built in the 1870s as the county courthouse, its use as…

📍 Harper, Harper County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Ebenfeld Mennonite Brethren Church

This three-story wooden structure is home to what is thought to be…

📍 Hillsboro, Marion County

LIBRARY

Edgerton Public Library

Across the front of the red-brick Edgerton Public Library, located in a…

📍 Edgerton, Johnson County

COURTHOUSE

Edwards County Courthouse

The Classical Revival style Edwards County courthouse built in 1928 has a…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

MUSEUM

Edwards County Museum and Sod House

Featured is an enlarged 1939 Saturday Evening Post cover depicting two cars…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

HISTORIC HOME

Edwards House

Originally built as a private residence in 1876, the brick Edwards House…

📍 Oswego, Labette County

HISTORIC HOME

Edwin Smith House

This pink stucco home makes you wonder if an architect from Miami's…

📍 Wellington, Sumner County

ART DECO

Effingham Art Deco School

With just six votes to spare, a bond passed in 1938 to…

📍 Effingham, Atchison County

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