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Crowley County Courthouse
Winfield, Kansas |
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1963 Architect - Caton, Yadon, & Potter Photos: Robert Deering 10/12/2012 |
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 1873 Courthouse |
 1909 Courthouse |
 1963 Courthouse |
COUNTY NAMED FOR: Originally named Hunter County for Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809–1887), a Virginia Representative and Senator to Congress and Speaker of the House in the twenty-sixth Congress. In 1870, the county was renamed for Matthew Cowley, First Lieutenant in Company I, 9th Kansas Cavalry, who died at Little Rock, Arkansas, on October 7, 1864.
COUNTY SEATS: There was a lengthy and bitter disagreement between the towns of Winfield and Cresswell (now named Arkansas City) over the possession of the county seat of government. Finally settled after two special elections and numerous petitions to the Governor and Legislature, Winfield was determined to be the county seat and a courthouse was constructed in 1873 at a cost of $11,500.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR:
COURTHOUSES: 1873, 1909, and 1963
STANDING: 1963 Modern structure.
