Site
Free State Hotel Location
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SITE
N38 58.268 W95 14.157
38.971133, -95.235950
701-705 Massachusetts St,
Lawrence, KS 66044
Site of the destroyed Free State Hotel is currently occupied by the Eldridge Hotel.
HISTORY
Built in 1855 by agents from the New England Emigrant Aid Society, the Free State Hotel was needed to provide temporary housing for Free-State supporters arriving in the Kansas Territory.