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This plat shows the Security Benefit Association cemetery in Topeka, Kansas. The Security Benefit Association was located north of Sixth Avenue near Wanamaker Road in Topeka, Kansas. The cemetery plots include the name of the deceased and the year of death. The 400-acre campus consisted of a hospital, retirement home, children's home, cemetery and greenhouse. In the 1950s, the company ceased to be a fraternal organization and became primarily a life insurance company known as Security Benefit Life. The land was eventually sold to the Menninger Foundation. Today only a few structures remain from the original campus. This tracing was done in April 1975 from an original dated May 24, 1931.
Date: April 1975
Item Number: 221876
Call Number: Menninger Coll. #786, Box IR-17 SBA, Folder Security Benfit Association Cemetery Plat
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221876
Built Environment - Function - Funerary - Cemetery
Built Environment - Function - Funerary - Graves/Burials
Business and Industry - Services - Insurance
Community Life - Clubs and organizations
Community Life - Community services - Cemeteries and funeral services
Community Life - Scenes and views
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Maps
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