Nicodemus National Historic Site

Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" of Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the homesteading movement across the Great Plains. It is the oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.

District Number 1 Schoolhouse

District Number 1 Schoolhouse on a cloudy summer day.

Frame one story schoolhouse with most of white paint worn off to show gray.

The First Baptist Church

View of the First Baptist Church from street corner.

The First Baptist Church

Township Hall

The Township Hall on a beautiful summer day.

Front view of limestone building. A sidewalk leads up to white double doors of the building.

Nicodemus A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church

Nicodemus A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church

White stucco church with white double doors and text above the doors that reads "A.M.E. CHURCH 1885"

Nicodemus Descendants

Nicodemus Descendants outisde the park Visitor Center

Nicodemus Descendants outside Visitor Center

St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)

The St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)

White frame with a second story gable on the right side, tan roof, and small screened porch.