William Allen White House State Historic Site
 Photo courtesy of Dale & Vicki Churchman |
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| William Allen White House State Historic Site 927 N Exchange St Emporia, KS 66801 Map This! |
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| (620) 342-2800 |
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| www.kshs.org/places/white/ | |
| wawhitehouse@kshs.org | |
| Admission: All adults $3, Children K-12 $1 | |
| Hours: Open 9:30-5 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. Open 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. | |
Lovingly called Red Rocks, this house is a National Landmark. William Allen White rented this house from 1899 until he purchased it in 1901. It was his home for 45 years. The two-and-a-half story house features rough-hewn red sandstone ashlars on the first floor exterior walls while matching red brick stretchers; stucco, and simulated half-timbers make up the second and attic levels. The red sandstone exterior gives the house its name, Red Rocks. The house was donated by the family to the State of Kansas in 2001 and is administered by the Kansas State Historical Society as a state historic site. Across from the house is William Allen White Elementary School. The William Allen White House was placed on the National Register of historic places on 5-14-71.
| For more on Emporia and Red Rocks, see: |
| http://www.emporiakschamber.org/ |
| http://www.kshs.org/places/white/red_rocks.htm |
| Sources: |
| http://members.cox.net/ksregphotos2/william_a_white_house,_Emporia.html |
| http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/KS/Lyon/state.html |