Strong City was named in honor of William Barstow Strong in 1881. At the time, He was the General Superintendent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and then later became president of the company…
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Part of Chase County, it was originally called Cottonwood Station with the township originating in 1872 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was completed.
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Downtown…
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Standard Station in downtown… Strong City is part of the K-177 scenic byway of the Flint Hills in east-central Kansas.
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Standard Oil station…
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Mill on the “Strong City & Superior Rail-line.”
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Construction of this brick depot began in 1912, 100 ft from the original two wooden ones. The first wooden depot being built in 1872 and burning down in 1902…
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Downtown…
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One of the 485 residences in Strong City…
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Backyard of the that Residence…
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Another original residence…
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Engraved “Auditorium 1900 ,” it was originally known as the “Strong City Opera House.” In the 1920’s it was converted into a movie house both being known as the Rialto and Uptown Theater…
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By 1987 it was operating as a government theater, and eventually closed. In the fall of 2000 the roof collapsed destroying most of the interior. As a result the city purchased the building reconstructed the roof. Renovation and restoration work began in 2017.
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