Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette:
Butler County Courthouse, El Dorado.
SOUTHBOUND
When gas prices dropped below $3.50 a gallon, Dave and I celebrated with a road trip.
On a Saturday morning we picked a town off the map.
“How about Winfield?” I suggested.
Dave and I like to be surprised, so our [...]
Filed under: columns, courthouses, small towns, traveling on August 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Cowley County Courthouse. Winfield.
Yes, that’s map of Cowley County on the face of the courthouse! How cool is that? It shows the towns, the townships, the rivers.
Filed under: courthouses on August 25th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A number of courthouses in Kansas have replicas of the Statue of Liberty on their grounds. This list has some of them, but there are more in Kansas. I think Garnett has one.
Here’s an American Profile story about them.
Filed under: courthouses, traveling on August 17th, 2008 | 12 Comments »
On the grounds of the Butler County Courthouse in El Dorado is the Celebration of Freedom Memorial - a tribute to the nation’s armed services.
Filed under: courthouses, traveling on August 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Butler County Courthouse in El Dorado was designed by famed Kansas architect, George P. Washburn, who gets credit for some of the most beautiful courthouses in the state.
Couldn’t get a great shot of the front of the courthouse. The steps were under construction and there were orange barricades.
The courthouse expanded to the east, but [...]
Filed under: courthouses on August 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In downtown Minneapolis, across from Gene’s IGA, is the Ottawa County Courthouse.
Filed under: courthouses, small towns on July 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s a beautiful Kansas courthouse. Who knows where this one is?
SOLVED! By Alaskansan. Lincoln County Courthouse in Lincoln, Kansas.
Filed under: courthouses on July 5th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Courthouse #1 - Name the County/City.
Courthouse #2. Name the County/City.
Filed under: courthouses on April 17th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Barton County Courthouse in Great Bend.
Filed under: courthouses on March 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
More photos of the Geary County Courthouse in Junction City:
Filed under: courthouses on March 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, we stopped at more than one county courthouse. This isn’t the one I referred to previously, but maybe it’s someone’s home county.
Where would you find this courthouse?
Filed under: courthouses on March 8th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Who knows where this courthouse stands?
UPDATE: Roger knew. It’s the Anderson County Courthouse in Garnett - designed by George P. Washburn, the architect for some of the best Kansas courthouses.
Filed under: courthouses on December 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The McPherson County Courthouse, a little pink from the sunset.
Filed under: courthouses on December 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The 1893 courthouse.
There’s a neat porch on the front of the courthouse. This view is looking out over the war memorial.
The war memorial on the southwest corner of the courthouse square lists area war dead from the WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq wars.
Filed under: courthouses on December 5th, 2007 | No Comments »
THE WASHBURN CONNECTION
Kansas has the best courthouses.
These majestic halls of justice are anchors, holding down the state through the blowing of winds, the passing of time, and the changing of laws.
We’re all familiar with the stately 1873 courthouse in Cottonwood Falls.
And I’ve been drawn to other old courthouses, built around 1900, [...]
Filed under: columns, courthouses on December 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
