Originally built as a private residence in 1876, the brick Edwards House was one of the buildings of the Oswego College for Young Ladies from 1885 to 1920. By the time a devastating 1922 fire burned a dormitory and classroom, the college had already been sold to the Kansas Military Academy. The house, highlighted by its two-story porch supported by brick columns, is the last vestige of the college campus. (RHKP)