Highland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Highland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Highland Township was started with the founding of the Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site by Reverend Samuel Irvin and Reverend William Hamilton in 1837. The mission was sponsored and funded by the Presbyterians. The Founders plan behind the town was to make it an educational town and in 1857 when the town was laid out a spot was chosen for the future university. Samuel Irvin established the first Highland Community College Building Irvin Hall with the building being built in 1858. The college was chartered and founded in 1858 and has gone through eight name changes over the course of its history.
In 2011 Highland became the self proclaimed Snowflake City of Kansas
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Highland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Highland’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBAPTIST CHURCH THAT IS 100 YEARS …, 1974: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Highland
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Highland, decade by decade
1990s
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6 historic places in Highland
6 places in Highland are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1971Irvin Hall, Highland Community Junior College
Listed 2000St. Martha's AME Church
Listed 2007A.L. Wynkoop House
Listed 2007Highland Christian Church
Listed 2007Highland Presbyterian ChurchListed 2014Abram M. Minier HouseThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as BAPTIST CHURCH THAT IS 100 YEARS OLD IN HIGHLAND, KANSAS, NEAR TROY, IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. IT..… (1974) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.