page_title: Peabody, Kansas
section_title: Area attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Peabody, Kansas / Area attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Fountain next to historic W.H. Morgan House, 2xx N Walnut St, Peabody, Kansas, 666866, USA. Looking northeast. W.H. Morgan House (immediate right), W.H. Morgan Barn (back right with red roof), Library (left in brown brick), museum (middle in white/green). Photo by Steve Meirowsky on August 4, 2010. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 95001562
context_page_description: Peabody is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. It is named after F.H. Peabody, of Boston, former vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Peabody is well known in the region for its Independence Day Celebration on July 4, and its historic 1880s downtown main street. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,210. It is located between Newton and Florence along U.S. Route 50 highway.
context_section_description: Peabody has six listings on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
  1880s Peabody Downtown Historic District (NRHP). The Downtown Business District of Peabody boasts of 42 contributing buildings in the district. The significant period for the district began in 1874 with the construction of the first free public library and ended in 1922 with the decline in oil production. Peabody is the 2nd community in the State of Kansas to have its entire downtown district on the National Register of Historic Places.
  1884 J.S. Schroeder Building (NRHP), 111 North Walnut Street. This first floor has been many types of businesses, but most older locals remember it as the McMillen grocery store. For the past couple of decades, the first floor has been occupied by the Mayesville Mercantile.
  1914 Peabody Township Carnegie Library (NRHP), 214 North Walnut Street.
  1919 Eyestone building, previously a POW camp during World War II, 122 West 2nd Street, private business.
  Peabody Museum Historical Complex, Memorial Day to Labor Day.
  1874 Peabody Historical Library Museum (NRHP), 106 East Division Avenue (east of Carnegie Library). After the new Carnegie library was built in 1914, the first library was moved and used for club meetings and stood idle for a number of years. In 1960, while planning for the 1961 Kansas centennial celebration, local citizens organized to move the structure to a lot near its original location. The old library building was converted and dedicated as a museum on July 3, 1961.
  1881 W.H. Morgan House (NRHP), 212 North Walnut Street.  A two-story Queen Anne Cottage built by W.H. Morgan, first editor of the Peabody Gazette newspaper.
  1904 W.H. Morgan Barn, east of House. Will contain larger items that can't fit in the museum. Not open to public yet.
  1920 Peabody Printing Museum, 210 North Walnut Street. The Peabody Printing Museum has a collection of hot type equipment dating from 1870 to 1920.
  Peabody City Park (NRHP):
  1881 Fair Floral Exhibition Hall, west of the football field at the top of the hill in the park. The building is unique because of its octagon walls. It is the only remaining fair building and not open to the public.
  1887 T.B. Townsend Barn, several miles east near U.S. Route 50. It is a three-story, 80 feet by 140 feet, limestone barn, and can easily be seen on the north side of the highway. Not open to public.
  1927 Indian Guide Monument, several miles east near U.S. Route 50. Can be seen on bluff over-looking south side of highway. Not open to public.
  1974 Mennonite Centennial Memorial Monument, south-east corner of Walnut and 1st Streets in the Santa Fe Park.  A Threshing stone was cut and placed on 4 sides of this monument.
  Marion Reservoir, approximately 13 miles (21 km) north of Peabody.
caption: Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House (immediate right), W.H. Morgan Barn (back right with red roof), Carnegie Library (left with brown brick), Museum (back middle with green roof). Looking north-east (2010)
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