Exhibitions
The Council Grove Community Association, also known as the Bowers Community Center, is dedicated to preserving the historic building at 325 W. Main, originally built in 1913 as the First Baptist Church. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and has anchored the west end of the historic district in Council Grove for over a century. For the past 30 years, it has provided public restroom facilities for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail, while also struggling to find the funding needed for restoration.
Hays House 1857
112 West Main Street, Council Grove, KS, USA
Oldest Restaurant West of the Mississippi. We’ve been serving up homestyle Kansas cooking to a lengthy list of patrons on the Santa Fe Trail... including the likes of Jesse James, and General Custer!
207 West Main (Farmers & Drovers Bank)
207 West Main Street, Council Grove, KS, USA
Building just West of Farmers & Drovers Bank
Bower's Center : Street Gallery Home
325 West Main Street, Council Grove, KS 66846, USA
On the National Register of Historic Places, the Bower's Center has anchored the West end of the historic district in Council Grove for over a century.