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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC SCHOOL

Scott City High School

The exquisite entrance to the 1930 Scott City High School, with its…

📍 Scott City, Scott County

COURTHOUSE

Scott County Courthouse

Constructed of red brick with limestone trim, this 1924 Modern Eclecticism courthouse…

📍 Scott City, Scott County

VETERANS MEMORIAL

Scott County Veterans Plaza

An impressive landscaped plaza honors Scott County veterans and Gold Star Mothers.…

📍 Scott City, Scott County

HISTORIC BUILDING(S)

Scottish Rite Temple

This three-story Tudor Revival building constructed in 1909 was the base for…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

SCOUT CABIN

Scout Cabin

Should you have the chance to step inside this 1937 Boy Scout…

📍 Osborne, Osborne County

HISTORIC HOME(S)

Sears Catalog House

This concrete-block house was ordered from the 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co.…

📍 Holton, Jackson County

HISTORIC BUILDING(S)

Section House

Described as the finest superintendent's residence on the railroad, this splendid 1879…

📍 Wallace, Wallace County

COURTHOUSE

Sedgwick County Courthouse and Memorial

The 1888 Sedgwick County courthouse (NRHP) is a stunning limestone Romanesque Revival…

📍 Wichita, Sedgwick County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Sedgwick Downtown Historic District

The district encompasses the majority of the west side of the 500…

📍 Sedgwick, Harvey County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ARCHITECTURE

Seelye Mansion

In 1905 A.B. Seelye, famous patent medicine inventor, completed this grand 25-room…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

HAND-DUG WELL

Selkirk Hand-Dug Well

The 1887 Selkirk Well is believed to be the last hand-dug railroad…

📍 Selkirk, Wichita County

HISTORIC BUILDING(S)

Seneca Free Library

This 1867 Old Stone Universalist Church was the first of its denomination…

📍 Seneca, Nemaha County

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