Pershing/Prairie Gem School - Elk Falls, KS
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 22.424 W 096° 11.677
14S E 748411 N 4140026
Elk Falls, was once county seat, and around 1920 had a population almost 10,000. Now under 100.
Waymark Code: WMNGB9
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2015
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County of tower: Elk County
Location of tower: Montgomery St. & 11th St., Pershing/ Prairie Gem School Museum, Elk Falls
Tower built: 1879
This school was a rural school house from 1879 to 1944. It was originally located 2 miles west of town. It was moved here in 2002 by Friends of Elk Falls
This school is now an odd museum, it houses lifetime collection of Maryland's outhouse expert, Homer Allison, which was donated to the Friends of Elk Falls in 2009.
To tour the school building and outhouse collection you have to attend the annual Outhouse Tour & Contest of Elk Falls on the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving.