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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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HISTORIC HOME

Victorian Homes

William Fitzgerald is credited with building 85 percent of Waterville's homes before…

📍 Waterville, Marshall County

HISTORIC BUILDING

Vinland Grange Hall

The stone Grange Hall dates to 1884. (NRHP)

📍 Vinland, Douglas County

HISTORIC CHURCH

Vinland Presbyterian Church

The quaint 1879 Presbyterian church is now a private residence and its…

📍 Vinland, Douglas County

VISITOR CENTER

Visitor Information Center

Begin your visit here and stock up with Abilene and area brochures.…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

ARCHITECTURE

Voting Station

Using limestone and Dakota sandstone, the National Youth Administration built this beautiful…

📍 Salina, Saline County

COURTHOUSE

Wabaunsee County Courthouse

You'll appreciate the marble stairways, handrails, and corridor walls inside this Modern…

📍 Alma, Wabaunsee County

PARK

Wading Pools

Tots love splashing around in the town's two old-fashioned wading pools'in Zerger…

📍 Pratt, Pratt County

CITY HALL

WaKeeney City Hall

With assistance from the WPA, the city built the limestone art deco…

📍 WaKeeney, Trego County

LIBRARY

Wakefield Public Library

Inside this 24ᕁ40-foot limestone building constructed by the WPA in 1937 you'll…

📍 Wakefield, Clay County

HISTORIC GAS STATION

Waldo Filling Station

You'll see an old wooden filling station that dates to the 1930s.…

📍 Waldo, Russell County

WALKING TOURS

Walking Tour Brochure

Available at Township Hall, the brochure describes the 1878 St. Francis Hotel,…

📍 Nicodemus, Graham County

COURTHOUSE

Wallace County Courthouse

A buff-brick and limestone structure, this stately Modern Eclecticism courthouse was built…

📍 Sharon Springs, Wallace County

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