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National Historic Site · KS

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" of Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the homesteading movement across the Great Plains. It is the oldest remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.

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Photos

Frame one story schoolhouse with most of white paint worn off to show gray.
District Number 1 Schoolhouse on a cloudy summer day.
The First Baptist Church
View of the First Baptist Church from street corner.
Front view of limestone building. A sidewalk leads up to white double doors of the building.
The Township Hall on a beautiful summer day.
White stucco church with white double doors and text above the doors that reads "A.M.E. CHURCH 1885"
Nicodemus A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church
Nicodemus Descendants outside Visitor Center
Nicodemus Descendants outisde the park Visitor Center
White frame with a second story gable on the right side, tan roof, and small screened porch.
The St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)

Activities

  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Self-Guided Tours - Auto
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Park Film