Editing Peabody, Kansas (section)

===Area attractions===
[[File:Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House in Peabody, Kansas.jpg|thumb|Fountain next to [[W.H. Morgan House]] (immediate right), W.H. Morgan Barn (back right with red roof), [[Carnegie Library (Peabody, Kansas)|Carnegie Library]] (left with brown brick),  and [[Peabody Historical Library Museum|museum]] (back middle with green roof)

Looking north-east (2010)]]

Peabody has six listings on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP).

* 1880s [[Peabody Downtown Historic District]] (NRHP).<ref>[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_PeabodyDowntownHistoricDistrictNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - Peabody Downtown Historic District (10MB PDF)]</ref> 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 second community in the State of Kansas to have its entire downtown district on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="Area Attractions">[http://www.peabodyks.com/area-attractions.htm Area Attractions]</ref>
** 1884 [[J.S. Schroeder Building]] (NRHP),<ref>[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_SchroederJSBuildingNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - J.S. Schroeder Building (4MB PDF)]</ref> 111 North Walnut Street. Many types of businesses were on the first floor, 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 [[Carnegie Library (Peabody, Kansas)|Peabody Township Carnegie Library]] (NRHP),<ref name="NewLibrary">[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_PeabodyTownshipCarnegieLibraryNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - Peabody Township Carnegie Library (5MB PDF)]</ref> 214 North Walnut Street.<ref name="Area Attractions"/>
** 1919 Eyestone building, previously a POW camp during [[World War II]], 122 West 2nd Street, private business.<ref name="PeabodyBook"/>
* Peabody Museum Historical Complex,<ref>[http://kansasflinthills.travel/sites/peabody_museum_historical_complex Peabody Museum Historical Complex 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126041033/http://kansasflinthills.travel/sites/peabody_museum_historical_complex |date=2010-11-26 }}</ref> Memorial Day to Labor Day.
** 1874 [[Peabody Historical Library Museum]] (NRHP),<ref name="OldLibrary">[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_OldPeabodyLibraryNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - Peabody Historical Library Museum (2MB PDF)]</ref> 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),<ref>[http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Marion_MorganWHHouseNR.pdf National Register of Historic Places - W.H. Morgan House (5MB PDF)]</ref> 212 North Walnut Street. A two-story [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]] Cottage built by W.H. Morgan, first editor of the Peabody Gazette newspaper.<ref name="Area Attractions"/><ref>[http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Peabody&Kansas&Morgan+House&City_ID=KS0110026&Attraction_ID=KS0110026a003&VA=Y Morgan House]</ref>
** 1904 W.H. Morgan Barn, east of House. Will contain larger items that can't fit in the museum, not yet open to public.{{Update inline|date=April 2023|?=yes}}
** 1920 Peabody Printing Museum,<ref>[http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?Peabody&Kansas&City_ID=KS0110026&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=KS0110026a002 Peabody Printing Museum]</ref> 210 North Walnut Street. The Peabody Printing Museum has a collection of hot type equipment dating from 1870 to 1920.
* [[Peabody City Park]] (NRHP):<ref name="NRHP-PeabodyPark"/>
** 1881 Fair Floral Exhibition Hall,<ref name="Peabody City Park History"/> 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.<ref name="NRHP-PeabodyPark"/>
* 1887 T.B. Townsend Barn, several miles east near [[U.S. Route 50 in Kansas|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.<ref>[http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Historic-Flint-Hills-ranch-on-the-auction-block/aBk7qh0RLUmazq5Z9OA4eQ.cspx Historic Flint Hills Ranch On The Auction Block; Craig Andres; ''KSN''; October 19, 2010]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marion/library/misc/townsend.txt |title=T.B. Townsend - Bio |access-date=2010-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014112040/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marion/library/misc/townsend.txt |archive-date=2012-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marion/library/misc/rfdbarn.jpg |title=T.B. Townsend - Photo of Rockford Barn in 1901 |access-date=2010-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014112102/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marion/library/misc/rfdbarn.jpg |archive-date=2012-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{refn|group=book|name=trh}}
* 1927 Indian Guide Monument,<ref name="PeabodyBook"/> several miles east near [[U.S. Route 50 in Kansas|U.S. Route 50]]. Can be seen from a bluff overlooking the south side of the 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 four sides of this monument.<ref name="Gazette-19740801-1">[http://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/document/peabody-gazette-herald-1974-08-01-page-1 Mennonite Centennial Memorial Monument unveiled at Santa Fe park, page 1; ''Peabody Gazette-Bulletin''; ? pages; August 1, 1974.]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Marion Reservoir]], approximately {{convert|13|mi}} north of Peabody.