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W.H. Morgan House 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 ...
(NRHP) in 1996. It is located in the
Downtown Historic District of
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 o ...
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It was built in about 1881. It is a two-story
Italianate
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-style house with clapboard siding on a limestone block
foundation, with a
hipped roof
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Gallery
Image:Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House in Peabody, Kansas.jpg, Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House (immediate right), W.H. Morgan Barn (back right with red roof), Carnegie Library (left with brown brick), Museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
(back middle with green roof). Looking north-east in 2010.
See also
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List of museums in Kansas
This list of museums in Kansas is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, ...
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Peabody Downtown Historic District
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The Peabody Downtown Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1998. It is located in Peabody, Kansas
Peabody is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. ...
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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 ...
References
Further reading
External links
;W.H. Morgan House
Peabody Kansas Attractions- includes the Morgan House
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;Peabody Downtown Historic District (house is located in this district)
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Peabody City Map KDOT
Satellite view of House Google Maps
Historic house museums in Kansas
Houses completed in 1881
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
Museums in Marion County, Kansas
Historic district contributing properties in Kansas
Houses in Marion County, Kansas
National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Kansas
1881 establishments in Kansas
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