Minor Sod House
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The Minor Sod House, also known as Minor Post Office, near McDonald, Kansas
is a sod house
that was built in 1907. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 2005. It served historically as a single dwelling and as a post office.
McDonald, Kansas
McDonald is a city in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 160.-Geography:McDonald is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 159...
is a sod house
Sod house
The sod house or "soddy" was a corollary to the log cabin during frontier settlement of Canada and the United States. The prairie lacked standard building materials such as wood or stone; however, sod from thickly-rooted prairie grass was abundant...
that was built in 1907. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005. It served historically as a single dwelling and as a post office.