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Ensor Park and Museum, Olathe, KS
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Ensor Park and Museum

A preserved 1890 family farm near Kansas City where guided tours show farm life, a teaching career, and early amateur radio history.

18995 W. 183rd St., Olathe, Kansas 66062 · Olathe, KS

About Ensor Park and Museum

Ensor Park and Museum sits near the southern edge of the Kansas City metro area in Olathe. It was the home of Jacob and Ida Ensor and their children, Marshall and Loretta. Guided tours last about an hour and cover the two-story farmhouse, built in 1890, and an older peg barn. Exhibits include tools, farm equipment, radio gear, teaching materials, and handmade furniture and household objects. An 80-foot radio tower beside the farmhouse recalls decades of amateur radio work by Marshall and Loretta. Marshall taught manual arts at Olathe High School and in 1929 began broadcasting radio lessons that trained thousands of future licensed operators. The site was recognized as a National Historic Place and a Kansas Historic Place in 2004.

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