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The Peabody Downtown Historic District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
which was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
(NRHP) in 1998. It is located in
Peabody, Kansas
Peabody is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. It is named after F.H. Peabody, of Boston, former vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Peabody is well known in the region for its Independence Day Celebration ...
.
Significant
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
in the district include:
*City Building (1886)
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Old Peabody Library
Peabody Historical Library Museum, also known under the older name of Old Peabody Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas. The building h ...
(separately NRHP-listed)
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Peabody Township Carnegie Library
Peabody Township Library, also known under the older name of Peabody Township Carnegie Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas, United Sta ...
(separately NRHP-listed)
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Morgan House (1881) (separately NRHP-listed)
*Kansas State Bank Building (1887)
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Gallery
Image:City Hall in Peabody, Kansas.jpg, 1886 Peabody City Hall.
Image:Historic 1884 Peabody Bank Building, Lot 29, in Peabody, Kansas.jpg, 1884 Peabody Bank Building was a bank from 1884 to 1922. The current bank is 1 block north.
See also
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Peabody Historical Library Museum
Peabody Historical Library Museum, also known under the older name of Old Peabody Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1973. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas. The building h ...
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Peabody Township Library
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W.H. Morgan House
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J.S. Schroeder Building
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Sunflower Theater
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Charles W. Squires
References
Further reading
External links
;Peabody Downtown Historic District
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;Maps
Peabody City Map KDOT
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
Geography of Marion County, Kansas
National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Kansas
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