The pioneer Pembleton family purchased the Old Echo Print Shop, a small native stone building built in 1882, which had at one time been the first schoolhouse in Ness City, and the Pembletons donated i... A vital link that ties centuries and generations together are the stories of our heritage and the documents and monuments that recapture them.
Ness City, KS Arts
Recreational facilities include a modern municipal swimming pool, hard-surfaced tennis courts, city park playgrounds, theatre, the Cedar Bluff reservoir recreational area on K-147 highway only 27 miles northeast. Good fishing is provided from the waters of the Cedar Bluff reservoir, Goodman Lake (
Ness City, KS RecreationThe Historical Museum is housed in the old Beardslee Brothers General Store which originally was a building owned by Ross Calhoun, the father of Ness City. When a fire destroyed the building in 1899, the present building was built with supplies from the razed Calhoun House and sugar mill.
Ness City, KS Museums
The four-story, 18,700 sq. ft. stone building at the intersection of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, in Ness City, Kansas, was called, upon its completion in 1890, "The finest and most imposing structure west of Topeka." In February, 1972, the building was placed on the
Ness City, KS Historic BuildingsThe pioneer Pembleton family purchased the Old Echo Print Shop, a small native stone building built in 1882
Ness City, KS Historic SchoolhousesMany of the contents in the Bison Community Museum were donated by area citizens and are retained by the museum as a public t...
The hall became the center for lodge meetings, wedding dances, public dances, plays, programs, church services and funerals. ...
Self-guided tour of downtown square. Pick up a brochure at one of the four hisotry kiosks on the Courthouse Square. ...