Fort Leavenworth Homes Tour and Frontier Army Encampment
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Tour several Ft. Leavenworth historic homes, Grant Ave near Grant's Statue, 10am-3pm, adm charged; living history reenactment, Encampment, FREE. Grant and Kearney Aves, 10am-4pm. Picture ID required to enter Fort.
Fort Leavenworth Homes Tour and Frontier Army Encampment
Phone : 913-684-3193 (Always call and confirm events.)
Web: www.ffam.us
Home Tours
Attractions and Upcoming Events
The Rookery
The Rookery at 12-14 Sumner Place is the oldest house in Kansas. It was completed in 1834 and was the first permanent post headquarters building. Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur lived here in the early 1900s. The building is a Registered National Landmark.
Fort Leavenworth, KS Famous HomesSutler's Home
Built in 1841 as the residence of the post sutler, Hiram Rich, who supplied the troops with such "nonissued items" as tobacco, writing paper, and whiskey.
Fort Leavenworth, KS Famous HomesCommand & General Staff College
The School of Application for Cavalry and Infantry, established in 1881.
Fort Leavenworth, KS CollegesNational Cemetery
Designated a National Cemetery by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 along with eleven others, military graves date back to 1846. Today, more than 20,000 veterans representing every war since 1812 are buried in the cemetery. Two soldiers from Operation Desert Storm were interred here in 1991.
Fort Leavenworth, KS CemeteriesSyracuse Houses
The two frame houses are known as the Syracuse Houses because they were designed in 1855 by E.V. Carr, a prominent architect from Syracuse, New York. Lt. Colonel George Custer and his wife lived in one of these houses for a few months in 1868.
Fort Leavenworth, KS Historic Buildings