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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC JAIL

Summerfield Historic Jail

That's where the old limestone jail, complete with brick chimney, sits empty…

📍 Summerfield, Marshall County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Sumner Academy of Arts and Science

This art deco beauty was constructed as a PWA project in 1939…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

COURTHOUSE

Sumner County Courthouse

Inside this 1952 Modern Movement style courthouse, a lobby display case contains…

📍 Wellington, Sumner County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Sunflower Village Historic District

This planned housing development (Sunflower Village, now known as Clearview City) is a living…

📍 DeSoto, Johnson County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Sunset Spiritualist Church Camp

The unusual structures you see in Wells are those of the Sunset…

📍 Wells, Ottawa County

KANSAS SCENIC BYWAY

Swedish Lutheran Emanuel Church

A nearby quarry supplied the native limestone for this church established by…

📍 Collyer, Trego County

PARK

Swensson Park

Swensson Park is home to the Viking Valley playground, the 1936 WPA…

📍 Lindsborg, McPherson County

MEMORIAL

Swiss Mennonite Memorial

Although the 1882 Hopefield Church is the oldest Mennonite church building in…

📍 Moundridge, McPherson County

HISTORIC DISTRICT

Sylvan Grove Downtown Historic District

Designated on the Register of Historic Kansas Places in 2020, the native…

📍 Sylvan Grove, Lincoln County

HISTORIC SCHOOL

Tauy Jones Hall

In 1833, when the Ottawa tribe was removed to a reservation in…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

HISTORIC HOME

Tauy Jones House & 1895 Warren…

Jones' 1860s two-story stone house sits back off the unpaved road. Drive…

📍 Ottawa, Franklin County

HISTORY

Taxpayer Recognition

"Erected by the taxpayers of Holyrood" is etched into the bottom right…

📍 Holyrood, Ellsworth County

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