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Carry Nation House
211 West Fowler
Medicine Lodge

Placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
5-11-1976

National Historic Landmark

Photo courtesy of Kansas State Historical Society

Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 11, 1976):
From 1889 to 1902, this was the residence of Carry Nation (1846-1911), the temperance leader who became the foremost symbol of a reinvigorated prohibition movement at the turn of the century.

The following was taken from the NATIONAL REGISTER INFORMATION SYSTEM of the National Park Service

"Carry Nation and her saloon-destroying hatchet resuscitated public interest in prohibition at the

turn of the 20th century. While living in this small brick house in 1900, she received a "divine

call" to "go to Kiowa," a nearby town, where she wrecked three saloons. She sold the house in

1902, using its proceeds to open a home for drunkards' wives in Kansas City. She then continued

on her crusading rampage; lecturing touring, and smashing. Her Medicine Lodge house is now a

museum."