Beecher Bible and Rifle Church

SE corner of Chapel and Elm Sts., Wabaunsee, Kansas. County/parish: Wabaunsee.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 24, 1971. NRIS 71000334.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Beecher Bible and Rifle Church

Beecher Bible and Rifle Church is a historic church at the southeastern corner of Chapel and Elm Streets in Wabaunsee, Kansas. The church is named after Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, a financial backer for the town who helped smuggle rifles past pro-slavery forces in crates marked Bibles.

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