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After a $2.4 million dollar renovation, the Chase County Courthouse is just gorgeous!

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Chase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls.

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Inside the Chase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls.

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Chase County Courthouse staircase. They’ve done some work in this building and the place just shines.

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Since we were in Leavenworth today for the Kansas Sampler Festival, I thought I should grab a courthouse photo. It was raining though, so this is just a shot from the car.

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This was from the Western Kansas trip back in early October. At that time I’d had my cast off about 10 days and walking was a struggle. Anyway, had I been more eager to move about and more flexible, I’d have kneeled on the grass and found an angle to keep that water tower out [...]

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Ness County Courthouse, Ness City. Built in 1917. There’s a Kansas scene with a landscape on the top of the building. Another side has the Great Seal of the State of Kansas. Seasonal decorations. Nearly every office or business has one of those people who love to decorate the workplace for the holidays or the [...]

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Elk County Courthouse, Howard.

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As it has every evening since 1873, the Chase County Courthouse watches over Cottonwood Falls and its people. Saturday night music brought a crowd to town.

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Thanks to some checking by Milt at PrattTown, my Washburn courthouse confusion has been resolved. While watching the video on George P. Washburn that I linked to on the earlier Harper Co. Courthouse post, both Milt and I zeroed in on the inclusion of Pratt as one of the Washburn courthouses. Previously, my research had [...]

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A George P. Washburn masterpiece – the Harper County Courthouse in Anthony. Washburn, an architect from Ottawa, designed, in my opinion, some of the best courthouses in the state. Here’s a video biography on Washburn (5:35). The clock works – and it chimed at 2:00. The building faces west. Peeking in through the front door. [...]

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