Lanesfield School and Historic Site
Lanesfield School is a quaint one-room limestone schoolhouse from 1869 near Edgerton. It is the last building standing from the town of Lanesfield, that was once a busy stop on the Santa Fe Trail until the railroad bypassed it in 1871 and the town emptied out. The school was built using native fieldstone. The interior has been turned into a museum filled with period details that make the small room quite charming. Ink bottles and pens on the desks, slates, bonnets hanging on the coat rack, and a bell that still rings. The Lansfield Historic Site sits on a tree lined property that includes the schoolhouse, a wooden outhouse, sheds, and a modern visitor centre. Farm fields surround the wider area. There is also a short nature trail on the site with an observation tower looking out over the countryside where an 1858 pre-Civil War skirmish took place. The schoolhouse exterior, the outbuildings, and the interior details all photograph well, and the site is quiet enough that you can take your time experimenting with various compositions. The site grounds are open to visitors during daylight hours but the schoolhouse and visitors centre have more limited hours, typically only on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 to 4:00. (Edgerton, Kansas, USA)
