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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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COURTHOUSE

Osage County Courthouse and Jail

Several war memorials grace the grounds of this 1923 Modern Eclecticism courthouse.…

📍 Lyndon, Osage County

HISTORY

Osage Mission Infirmary

Built in 1872 and located at the Osage Mission, this building was…

📍 St. Paul, Neosho County

MUSEUM

Osawatomie Museum

A reconstructed Missouri Pacific depot is a handsome addition to this local…

📍 Osawatomie, Miami County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Osborne Carnegie Research Library

Built in 1912, the red-brick library is now the center for Osborne…

📍 Osborne, Osborne County

COURTHOUSE

Osborne County Courthouse

This limestone Romanesque Revival structure was completed in 1908. Of particular interest…

📍 Osborne, Osborne County

LIBRARY

Oswego Carnegie Library

Built in a basic design, the one-story red-brick Carnegie library has been…

📍 Oswego, Labette County

ART

Otis-Bison High School

Note the decorative terra cotta entrance above the doors at the 1931…

📍 Otis, Rush County

COURTHOUSE

Ottawa County Courthouse

The architectural style in this 1957 courthouse is Modern using buff-colored limestone,…

📍 Minneapolis, Ottawa County

HISTORIC BRIDGE

Otter Creek Bridge

It's a pretty little bridge situated around a slight bend in the…

📍 Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County

OLD MILL

Oxford Old Mill

Upon arriving, you have a marvelous view of this picturesque 1876 stone…

📍 Oxford, Sumner County

HISTORIC THEATRE

Palace Theater

One of the finest examples of shoebox style (a functionalist style of…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

CITY HALL

Paola City Hall and Bell

A product of yet another George Washburn design, the two-story, red-brick City…

📍 Paola, Miami County

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