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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Y7_main-street-200-block-south_Ottawa-KS.html
The panoramic photo reproduced here was taken by J.C. Bandholtz in 1909. Panoramas were the rage at that time. The view takes in the 100 block south on the left and the 200 block south on the right.
The east side of the 200 block was placed on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM179Z_wellsvilles-first-brick-building_Wellsville-KS.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1449_shepherd-mcquesten-building_Ottawa-KS.html
This building was built by L. W. Shepherd & B. C. McQuesten as a bank. It was the first location of Peoples National Bank, which bought the property in 1872 and then relocated to 137 S. Main around a decade later. Originally, it had arched window …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10XN_the-franklin-county-courthouse_Ottawa-KS.html
constructed in 1893, was designed by Geo. P. Washburn (Ottawa) one of the state's most prominent early architects. He designed fifteen courthouses in three states. This courthouse, because of its architectural excellence and being the best-kept ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY92_pickrell-building_Ottawa-KS.html
Built by William T. Pickrell, this building was originally used to sell agricultural implements. Other early businesses at this address included a millinery, barber shop, photography studio, billiard hall, restaurant, confectionary, jeweler and to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY91_old-depot-museum_Ottawa-KS.html
The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston was the first railroad built south of the transcontinental Union Pacific which passed through Lawrence. Building the 30 miles of track to Ottawa in 1867-8 was difficult. Veterans of the UP construction, includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVKJ_the-down-town-ottawa-historic-district_Ottawa-KS.html
Is a block of commercial structures built between 1872 and 1900 of late Victorian styling with Renaissance, Eclectic and some Classical features. The buildings are individualistic but have the same underlying style and character. Their uniqueness …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVKI_old-depot-museum_Ottawa-KS.html
This building, constructed in 1888, served as Division headquarters of the Southern Kansas Railway. This was a subsidiary and later became a part of the Santa Fe system. When the Santa Fe moved into a new station, the old stone depot which had ser…