1888 - Old County Courthouse - Meade, KS
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YoSam.
N 37° 17.209 W 100° 20.384
14S E 381242 N 4127531
Cornerstone and commemoration
Waymark Code: WMNE6P
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2015
Views: 2
County of display: Meade County
Location of display: 200 N. Fowler St., courthouse lawn, Meade
Erected by: Arena Club
Date display erected: May 1941
Plaque text:
Erected by the
ARENA CLUB
"to our Pioneer Club women and to our pioneer citizens, who builded [sic] better than they knew. We dedicate this marker which stands on the site of the old courthouse, from which the dated stone was taken."
From nearby remnant display: MEADE COUNTY
Incorporated in 1885
The original Meade County Courthouse was built in 1888. Although the building was replaced in 1928, this old stone step and "1888" year carved in stone still mark where it stood.
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