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Marquette in McPherson County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Opera Block

Built 1886 - 1887

 
 
Opera Block Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 11, 2016
1. Opera Block Marker
Inscription.

1st brick building
in Marquette

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
 
Location. 38° 33.206′ N, 97° 50.021′ W. Marker is in Marquette, Kansas, in McPherson County. It is at the intersection of Washington Street and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 North Washington Street, Marquette KS 67464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Range School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Old Mill Stone Monument (about 500 feet away); Veterans Memorial (approx.
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0.2 miles away); G.A.R. Post No. 308 Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hans Hanson House (approx. Ό mile away); "Methodist Mare" (approx. 8.6 miles away); Home and Studio of Anton Pearson (approx. 8.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marquette.
 
Also see . . .  Marquette, Kansas. City website homepage (Submitted on June 19, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Opera Block Corner Entrance and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 11, 2016
2. Opera Block Corner Entrance and Marker
Opera Block image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 11, 2016
3. Opera Block
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 343 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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