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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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LIBRARY

Paola Free Library

The striking Paola Free Library with its limestone arched entrance, was designed…

📍 Paola, Miami County

MILITARY

Parachute Building

You can identify this building by its 40-foot-tall loft (in front of…

📍 Pratt, Pratt County

HISTORIC WATER TOWER

Paradise Water Tower

Beside the 1938 WPA stone water tower, a limestone sign reads, 'Welcome…

📍 Paradise, Russell County

PARK

Park on the Square

The triple-deck Victorian fountain surrounded by flowers is the focal point of…

📍 St. John, Stafford County

HISTORIC HOME

Park Street Historic Homes

Three stately residences representing progress and wealth in late-19th-century Olathe are the…

📍 Olathe, Johnson County

BANK

Parkerville Bank Building

The Peoples State Bank opened in 1909 but failed in 1932 during…

📍 Parkerville, Morris County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Parmenter Hall

(Baker campus). Abraham Lincoln donated $100 for construction of this striking three-story…

📍 Baldwin City, Douglas County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Parsons Carnegie Arts Center

The 1909 Carnegie library, now the Carnegie Arts Center, was built of…

📍 Parsons, Labette County

COURTHOUSE

Pawnee County Courthouse

The 1919 blond-brick Pawnee County courthouse was built in the Modern Eclecticism…

📍 Larned, Pawnee County

CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Peabody Carnegie Library

Still operating as a biblioteque, the 1914 Neoclassical building retains its original…

📍 Peabody, Marion County

PARK

Peabody City Park

The drive around the park is on a former trotting horse race…

📍 Peabody, Marion County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Peabody Downtown Historic District

Stroll down Walnut between 1st and Division and take a close look…

📍 Peabody, Marion County

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