St. Mary's Catholic Church

446 KS 137, Purcell, Kansas. County/parish: Doniphan.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 25, 2001. NRIS 01000413.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

St. Mary's Catholic Church (Purcell, Kansas)

The St. Mary's Catholic Church in Purcell, Kansas is a historic Roman Catholic church which was built in 1896. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It is a red brick Late Gothic Revival-style church with a central tower having a bell and a steeple; the steeple rises to 112 feet (34 m).

It is located at the intersection of Highways 20 and 137, on the path of the original Pony Express trail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California.

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