Indian Village Site

This spot, in 1833, was the site of an Indian village under the Potawatomi chief Kenozhoym, or “Lake Pickerel.” The village was located near a clear spring, at the foot of a steep bluff, atop which were more wigwams and ...

Putnam County Revolutionary War Memorial

In Memory of

the Revolutionary Dead

of Putnam County

Erected by

Washburn Chapter

Daughters of the

American Revolution

1776 — 1915

Marker can be reached from South Cemetery Road south of Veterans Memorial Highway, on the left when traveling south.

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The Bowerman Barn

This barn was built by the Bowerman family in 1878 as part of their ranch operation. Much of the barn was handcrafted and it serves as a fine example of the skills of that time.

The Bowerman’s are an early pioneer ...

The Dawson-Bailey House

This house is probably the oldest structure in Arlington County, but its exact age is unknown. This land was first patented in 1696; a house at this site is shown on a survey of 1785. Thomas Dawson enlarged the present ...

Standing Proudly on the Hill

From its beginning as Fairmount College in 1895, Wichita State University has stood, like these columns, “proudly on the hill” – a phrase from the university’s “Alma Mater” referencing the highest point of land in Sedgwick County. The columns were ...

Fiske Hall Centennial Celebration

October 26, 2004

Fiske Hall was the men’s dormitory of Fairmount College from 1906 to 1926 and served as an army barracks in both World Wars. Beginning with the municipal university period in 1926, Fiske provided classroom and office space for ...

Wunder's Crossroads

For more than half a century from the mid-1800’s the intersection of Lee Highway and Glebe Road was known as Wunders Crossroads after the family whose farm lay just northeast. Dr. Henry S. Wunder and his son George O. Wunder ...

Fiske Hall

Named in Honor of Mrs. Charlotte M. Morse Fiske

Wrentham, Massachusetts

Benefactor of Fairmount College

Cornerstone: October 28, 1904

Dedication: June 6, 1906

Norman S. Patton, Architect, Chicago

Wichita Contractors:

J. V. Wood, General – Bish Bros., Plastering

Fred Buckley, Roofing – Shuler Bros., Builders

Nathan J. Morrison, President, ...

South Station

This 1898 headhouse was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor of firm to H.H. Richardson, as the earliest and last remaining example of classical revival style of railway architecture in Boston. Originally known as South Union Terminal, it ...

Demorest War Memorial

All Gave Much These Gave All

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Monroe Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Washington Street.

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