Palace of the Plains
In it's early days, this building was sometimes referred to as "The Palace of the Plains". It was completed in 1892 at a cost of $71,000. It served as Wichita's City Hall and included space for; regular offices, a jail, police and fire departments, courtrooms, offices for the board of education, and a large city library. In 1975 a new City Hall building was built, and this building then became the home of Wichita's Sedgwick County Historical Museum.
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Interesting building! Do you by any chance know the architect? It's got several elements similar to the Old Capitol Building in Olympia, which was originally built as a courthouse (but is not quite as old as this). I gather the style is called "Richardson Romanesque". The Old Capitol has stone arches, turrets, and also had a clock tower, but that burned down. I took some pictures of it yesterday, and will try to post one sometime this week. When I do, if you don't mind I'll link back here so people can see what I'm rattling on about.
Zanabel
Olympia Daily Photo
Beautiful building. Makes me wonder what the surroundings would have looked like over 100 years ago!
Fantastic photo. What a great looking musuem!
A beautiful building that really does look like a castle or palace. Older buildings are so interesting.
Lovely building, from a distance one could be excused for thinking you'd photographed it in Disneyland!
Today I have the Red Arrows.
South Shields Daily Photo
I suppose that it might have been surrounded by wheat fields when it was first built. It's quite an attraction, Wendy.
What an interesting old building.. Great shot.. :) :)
I continued to be intrigued by this building and the similarity to the Old Capitol in Olympia, so I went down and took a photo of it. Here's my post on the subject.
WOW! What a pretty building, looks like a castle! Neat!
very pretty a building
Apppreciate your blog post
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