Atchison in Atchison County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2011
1. Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall NRHP Marker
National Historic Places
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, World I.
Location. 39° 33.726′ N, 95° 7.474′ W. Memorial is in Atchison, Kansas, in Atchison County. It is on Commercial Street near 9th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 819 Commercial Street, Atchison KS 66002, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Atchison County World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Founding of the Santa Fe Railway (within shouting distance of this marker); Atchison Post Office (approx. 0.2 miles away); Working Men of the Railroads (approx. 0.2 miles away); 4th of July, 1804 Creek (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birthplace of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Bridge Over 4th of July 1804 Creek (approx. Ό mile away); Atchison, Kansas (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atchison.
Also see . . . Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall National Register Nomination. (Submitted on July 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2011
2. Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Cornerstone
Dedicated to
Soldiers & Sailors
of Atchison County
who answered their country's
call in the World War
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2011
3. Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2011
4. Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Entrance
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 28, 2011
5. Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Entrance Marker
Lt. Jared Fox Jackson Post No. 1175
whose help made this new
entrance possible
1967
Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 994 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
