Shawnee County Historical Society

Cox Communications Heritage Education Center

The Historic John & Mary Jane Ritchie House

and the Bleeding Kansas era

 

1116-1118 SE Madison Avenue 

P.O. Box 2201

Topeka, KS 66601

 

Phone: 785-234-6097

Emergency Phone: 785-224-4156

                         

Historic Ritchie House Public Tours

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Closed for Spring Break week of March 8th

Tuesday, Wednesday and  Thursday 9 am to 1 pm

Call for other times 785 234 6097

Suggested Admission Fee for Ritchie House

$.50 Students, $2.00 Adults. 

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Special Tours Available for Groups and Organizations

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Every Sunday at 3:00PM, We are presenting Zoom meetings on various topics.  You are welcome to join us and all you have to do is send us a request for a link at

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Here are the tentative 3pm  Sunday Programs in 2021

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​February 28th—Chris Cruz--Fred Harvey, setting the standard for fast, fine food with an envied concept that started in Topeka.

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March 7th—Paul Post on the Bates Family, the Bates Banks and Bates Block(this is the Topeka Blueprint Building)

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March 14th—Dan Werner—Historic buildings on Kansas Ave.

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March 21st    Landry Brewer   The Cold War and its impact on Shawnee County

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March 28th    Brent Campney about Race Relations in the 1870's and beyond in Kansas

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