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Wellsville in Franklin County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Wellsville's First Brick Building

1885

 
 
Wellsville's First Brick Building Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 9, 2013
1. Wellsville's First Brick Building Marker
Inscription. [Title is marker text]
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
 
Location. 38° 43.186′ N, 95° 4.927′ W. Marker is in Wellsville, Kansas, in Franklin County. It is on Main Street north of 5th Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 418 Main Street, Wellsville KS 66092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country. It is also in the American Midwest, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Black Jack (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named The Battle of Black Jack (approx. 4 miles away); Black Jack Cabin (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different
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marker also named Battle of Black Jack (approx. 4.1 miles away); Black Jack Park (approx. 4.1 miles away); Santa Fe Trail (approx. 4.1 miles away); Ivan L. Boyd Memorial Prairie Preserve (approx. 4.2 miles away); Baldwin (approx. 5.8 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  About Wellsville, Kansas. Town website (Submitted on March 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Wellsville's First Brick Building and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 9, 2013
2. Wellsville's First Brick Building and Marker
Wellsville's First Brick Building Facade image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 9, 2013
3. Wellsville's First Brick Building Facade
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 469 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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