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This postcard shows Wolfe Hall at the College of the Sisters of Bethany in Topeka, Kansas. The stone and concrete addition to Wolfe Hall's porch could possibly be credited to Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss. The building was located at Ninth and Polk Streets and was completed in 1872 to provide an Episcopalian education to young women from kindergarten through their second year of college. For a number of years classes were taught in the college's main building until a decline in enrollment forced the school to close its doors in 1928. Wolfe Hall was demolished in 1959.
Date: Between 1911 and 1928
Item Number: 310958
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.76 BC *22
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 310958
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Education
Built Environment - Function - Education - College or University
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bethany College, Topeka, Kansas
Education - Private - Religious
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Postcards
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