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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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LIBRARY

Barnard Library

The limestone 1937 Barnard Library was a WPA project built in 1937.…

📍 LaCrosse, Rush County

HISTORIC THEATRE

Barron Theater

Built in 1930, the art deco Barron Theater features an elaborate facade…

📍 Pratt, Pratt County

ARCHITECTURE

Barton County Courthouse

The white exterior, numerous columns, and large arched windows create a stunning…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

MUSEUM

Barton County Historical Museum

The museum complex includes a schoolhouse, depot, post office, Waupun windmill, 1873…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

HISTORY

Barton County Poor Farm Home

Few poor farm buildings have survived, but the former Barton County Poor…

📍 Great Bend, Barton County

MUSEUM

Baxter Springs Historical Museum

Route 66, lead and zinc mining, Civil War battles, the Osage Indian…

📍 Baxter Springs, Cherokee County

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)

Bazine WPA Building

A city building constructed by the WPA in 1936 using locally quarried…

📍 Bazine, Ness County

HISTORIC HOME

Beattie Historic Homes

The limestone Fitzgerald house (305 Smith) was built by town founder James…

📍 Beattie, Marshall County

HISTORIC BRIDGE

Beaver Creek Stone Bridge

From Elm, ¾ mile west on NE 190, then 4 miles north…

📍 Beaver, Barton County

BLEEDING KANSAS

Beecher Bible and Rifle Church

During the territorial days New Englanders migrated to Kansas to support the…

📍 Wabaunsee, Wabaunsee County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Beeler WPA School

The red-brick Beeler High School closed in 1972 and now serves the…

📍 Beeler, Ness County

ARCHITECTURE

Belmont Castle

This captivating stone home was a labor of love built for Dominica…

📍 Independence, Montgomery County

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