The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant was originally known as the Sunflower Ordnance Works. Established in 1941, the plant was owned by the U.S. government and operated by the Hercules Powder Company.
Rev. Thomas Johnson received the original grant for the Shawnee Indian Methodist Mission; the mission then closed and the property sold to J.C. Nichols Company in 1938, who built a home development.
Church architecture includes tower and spire, dentils, gable roof, circular window with cross below, and arched windows along side. Built in two phases in 1946 and 1952 by architect Arthur K. Riehn.
Built in 1877, this one-room schoolhouse operated until 1955. The school is now restored and interpreted as a circa 1910 schoolhouse.
This Stone Barn, built by Adam Legler in 1864, was orginally situated on the Santa Fe Trail at the corner of 95th and Quivira. In 1983 it was reconstructed at the Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park in Lenexa, KS.
In 1866, the Kansas School For the Deaf became the first school for the deaf established in the state of Kansas.
The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm is the last remaining stagecoach stop open to the public on the Santa Fe Trail. The site focuses on 1860s farming, stagecoach operations and westward expansion.
Railroad magnate William B. Strang Jr. plotted Overland Park and the "Strang Line," which went from Olathe to Kansas City and fit his vision of a self-sustaining, well planned, "park-like" community.
The original Andy Klein Pontiac dealership was constructed at 78th and 69 Highway/Metcalf and opened in October 1951.
The Ensor Park and Museum celebrates teacher, craftsman and amateur radio operator Marshal Ensor. Marshall taught industrial arts in Olathe from 1915 to 1965, except for World War II.
Built in 1869, the Lanesfield School was a mail stop on the Santa Fe Trail. It consists of a restored one-room schoolhouse, outbuildings and a visitor's center.
Rectangular theater building in the modern style with central entrances, marquee, barrel roof, and glass block panels. Built in 1946, it's on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Herman B. Foster house was built in 1893. An example of Folk Victorian architecture, it was the residence of one of Gardner's storekeepers, a partner in the Bigelow-Foster Mercantile Company.
