Historic

One of several parks in Newton, the Military Park is exceptional because it is home to Santa Fe steam engine #1880 (a Prairie class...

The federal government abolished the open range in a law passed in 1867. The government paid farmers $.40 per rod (16.5 feet) to build...

This home was originally a coach stop and inn in the 1870s and much later, bought and added onto by A.S. Allendorph, a well...

This house was once the scene of much activity. It was the Lyons Boarding House before many hotels or restaurants were built. The Lyons...

This house was octagon in shape before an addition was built on. The entrance to the house is of particular interest. Two tall, fluted...

This house, built in the early 1880s was originally a four room house, owned by Frank I. Sage. Mr. Sage added four more rooms,...

This home was built in the 1880s also. Up until recent years it housed Alma's funeral home, with the funeral director living in the...

Over the door, chiseled in ornate German script the date, 1882, and the names of the builders, D.R. and E.W. Bruman. The home had...

This house was located in the middle of several lots, but at the same general location years ago, perhaps in the early 1880s. It...

The Community Museum is housed in the former Burns Union School built in 1904 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...