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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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LIMESTONE

Importance of limestone

Look for all the ways that limestone is used in these towns…

📍 Dorrance, Russell County

ARCHITECTURE

Independence Architecture

The magnificent Collegiate Gothic style 1923 high school (NRHP), 300 W. Locust,…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Independence Carnegie Library

The red-brick Neoclassical Carnegie library has served as the city's public library…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Independence Downtown Historic District

Chestnut, Laurel, Myrtle, Main, and Maple between 5th and 9th. The advent…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Independence Historic Church and Residence

Gothic Revival fans will appreciate the First Presbyterian Church built in 1928…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

HISTORY

Indian Pay Station

Potawatomi Indians came to this building from 1857 to 1870 to collect…

📍 St. Marys, Pottawatomie County

HISTORY

Industrial Past

At Prospect and Main, the concrete block building with a red-brick front…

📍 Lehigh, Marion County

MUSEUM

Inman Museum

A continued work in progress, this museum has a lot of life!…

📍 Inman, McPherson County

ARCHITECTURE

Inman Public Library

The handsome limestone building was built in 1893 as the Oddfellows lodge.…

📍 Inman, McPherson County

PARK

Iola Riverside Park

Several 1930s WPA buildings (including a bathhouse, shelter houses, and original community…

📍 Iola, Allen County

HISTORIC SITE

Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission…

From Kansas, 2 miles east on Main, just north on Elgin, then…

📍 Highland, Doniphan County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Ireland Hall

Identified by its arches, gargoyles, lion heads, dragons, rock-faced masonry, and a…

📍 Arkansas City, Cowley County

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