Video
Tim Hrenchir - The History Guy -
Topeka Capital-Journal tells about John Ritchie
KPTS Interiew with Dr Bill Wagnon
The Ritchies: Topeka Abolitionists
John Ritchie 200th Birthday Anniversary
Historic Ritchie House Grounds
July 16, 2017
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
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.
Special Tours Available for Groups and Organizations
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
Here are the tentative 3pm Sunday Programs in 2021
February 28th—Chris Cruz--Fred Harvey, setting the standard for fast, fine food with an envied concept that started in Topeka.
March 7th—Paul Post on the Bates Family, the Bates Banks and Bates Block(this is the Topeka Blueprint Building)
March 14th—Dan Werner—Historic buildings on Kansas Ave.
March 21st Landry Brewer The Cold War and its impact on Shawnee County
March 28th Brent Campney about Race Relations in the 1870's and beyond in Kansas
