Baldwin city, Kansas
Baker University Chapel
Baldwin High School
Baldwin City Street
City Hall
Fountain
Lumber Yard
Black Jack Nature Trail
Mabee Memorial Hall
Sante Fe Well
Stagecoach
Baldwin High School Band
Black Jack Battlefield Sign
(Roll cursor over images to view larger) Photos Courtesy of Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce.
Welcome to Baldwin City, a small town rich in culture and history located just a short drive south of Lawrence. Its home to Kansas’ first four-year college, nationally renowned Baker University established in 1858 by a Methodist group. Today, Baker continues its tradition of academic excellence. Alumni include four Rhodes scholars and a Pulitzer Price winner. A few historic points of interest include Blackjack Battlefield and Nature Park, site of the first official pre-civil war battle in the nation, The Midland Railway, an authentically restored tourist excursion train on a line originally constructed in 1867 and the beautiful Clarice L. Osborne Memorial Chapel, an 1864 vintage structure transported in crates from Sproxton, England to Baldwin City and reconstructed in 1996.
With its red brick and tree-line streets, Baldwin City offers memorable small town shopping and special events. One noteworthy event includes the annual rite of autumn, The Maple Leaf Festival, featuring a parade, arts & crafts and historical area tours attended each year by thousands of visitors to the community.
Baldwin City takes pride in preserving the past. The Ives Hartley Lumber Co. building recently renovated as The Lumberyard Arts Center features area and regional artworks, classes, workshops and in the future, theater productions.
A charming, historic core city is surrounded by an eclectic array of homes; families quickly discover Baldwin City’s passion for education with progressive elementary, junior and high school curricula as well as Baker University.
Discover Baldwin City for a day….or for a lifetime!
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