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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC SCHOOL

Neosho Falls Art Deco School

Only the skeleton remains of the unique 1939 Neosho Falls School and…

📍 Neosho Falls, Woodson County

MARSH ARCH RAINBOW BRIDGE

Neosho River Bridge

Just west of the dike is a 1926 graffiti-marked, Marsh rainbow double-arch…

📍 Hartford, Lyon County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Ness City's First Schoolhouse

Post rock fence posts surround Ness City's first schoolhouse, constructed in 1879.…

📍 Ness City, Ness County

COURTHOUSE

Ness County Courthouse

J.C. Holland and Sons designed this 1918 Modern Eclecticism limestone structure that…

📍 Ness City, Ness County

MUSEUM

Ness County Historical Museum

Inside an old mercantile building with the original floor and ceiling, the…

📍 Ness City, Ness County

HISTORIC CHURCH

New Almelo St. Joseph Catholic Church

As you come from the northeast on K-9, the church steeple beckons…

📍 New Almelo, Norton County

ARCHITECTURE

New Deal Projects

The museum building at 7th and Atlantic (City Park) was originally the…

📍 Corning, Nemaha County

HISTORIC CHURCH

New Gottland Lutheran Church

Travelers on K-135 have long noticed the red-brick church with the simple…

📍 McPherson, McPherson County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Newton Main Street Historic District

The Main Street Historic District (NRHP) comprises 52 buildings in the 200…

📍 Newton, Harvey County

HISTORIC DEPOT

Newton Train Station

Formerly a Santa Fe depot, the 1929 Tudor Revival train station was…

📍 Newton, Harvey County

HISTORY

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Start your visit to this national park in the limestone Township Hall,…

📍 Nicodemus, Graham County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Niotaze Methodist Episcopal Church

The church committee chose the lot at 301 F to build the…

📍 Niotaze, Chautauqua County

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