Memorial Building - Topeka, KS
Posted by: bluesnote
N 39° 02.790 W 095° 40.597
15S E 268360 N 4325346
One of many government owned buildings in the capital of Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMPABH
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2015
Views: 1
Taken from Wikipedia, "Memorial Building, also known as G.A.R. Memorial Hall, is a historic Grand Army of the Republic hall located at 120 West 10th Avenue, in Topeka, Kansas, United States. On July 17, 1975, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The construction of Memorial Hall was financed by war claims paid to the State of Kansas by the federal government; one for $97,466.02 for equipping and putting soldiers in the field during the American Civil War, and the other for $425,065.43 for repelling invasions of Confederate soldiers and dealing with American Indian Wars."
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