Sold – Circa 1910 Cottage For Sale in Blue Rapids, KS $55K
OHU50K NOTES. $55,000 Sold on 7/15/22
If small town living appeals to you, here is a circa 1910 cottage for sale in Blue Rapids, Kansas (pop. 928). The home sits on a corner lot opposite Riverside Park and features a screened-in front park from which you can watch the ball games. The town has an interesting little history (see below).
Adorable cozy cottage for sale in Blue Rapids, KS! This 3 bedroom 1 bath home sits on a nice corner lot and includes a detached two car garage and garden shed. Inside boasts beautiful woodwork, a living room, dining room and perfect screened in porch for entertaining. Call Megan today for your private tour! – Per Realtor
- 3bed
- 1bath
- Circa 1910
503 Gypsum St, Blue Rapids, KS 66411 $55,000
If you are interested in a property, please contact the realtor whose link is provided in red below, or contact an agent of your own choosing.
- Contact Realtor: Megan Martin with Gene Francis & Associates
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Town History
The first attempt to establish a town below the junction of the Big Blue and Little Blue Rivers, in 1857, failed due to misfortunes a couple of the participants. It wasn’t until 1869 when a colony of about 50 families from Genesee County, New York settled there, purchased water power rights, and began a community to harness the water power.
Per Wikipedia : “The public library, built in 1875, is the oldest library west of the Mississippi in continuous operation in the same building.
Blue Rapids was the birthplace of the pancreatic cancer drug Streptozotocin. The bacterium from which the drug is derived was discovered in the late 1950s in a soil sample taken from “an uncultivated sandy soil in a grassland region” at Blue Rapids.
Blue Rapids claims to be the smallest town in the U.S. to have hosted a national league baseball game. “
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