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Accordingly, the Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth was temporarily established at Lawrence, moving to Winfield in 1887. [12] The Kansas State Imbecile Asylum (later the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center) was established in the community in 1888, on a hill overlooking the city. For the next 117 years, it served as a ...
The Winfield National Bank Building, located at 901 Main Street in Winfield, Kansas, was built in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1] It is Classical Revival in style, with some Beaux-Arts details. [1]
The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named ...
The St. John's Lutheran College Girls Dormitory, also known as Mundinger Hall, is a historic building on the campus of the former St. John's College at 6th Ave and Gary Street in Winfield, Kansas. The main section of the Late Gothic Revival building was constructed in 1949–50. [ 2 ]
Winfield has been the county seat since 1867. The courthouse was built from 1961 to 1962 by contractor Law-Pollitt Construction Company of Wichita, Kansas. Caton, Yadon & Potter of Winfield and Stitzel & Thoma of Arkansas City, Kansas designed the courthouse in the Modern style. The courthouse is located on landscaped grounds on the city's west ...
Winfield USD 465 is a public unified school district headquartered in Winfield, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Winfield, Akron , Floral , Hackney , New Salem , Tisdale , and nearby rural areas.
Walnut Township covers an area of 34.36 square miles (89.0 km 2) and surrounds the northern and eastern sides of the city of Winfield. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Cowley. The streams of Black Crook Creek, Cedar Creek, East Badger Creek, Lone Elm Creek, Timber Creek and West Badger Creek run through this township.
Pleasant Valley Township covers an area of 45.33 square miles (117.4 km 2) and contains no incorporated settlements.According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Pleasant Valley and South Bend.