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Protectograph Check Writer
Protectograph Check Writer on display inside the Perkins Building at 811 S. Walnut in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The Perkins Building was designed by Luther Perkins and was built in 1890. It was home to the Condon National Bank from 1890-1916. The building became famous on October 5, 1892 when the Dalton Gang tried to rob it and the First National Bank. Noone had robbed two banks at the sametime. After a 15 minute gunfight with local citizens, 4 of the 5 members of the gang laid dead along with 4 citizens Emmett Dalton, the lone gangmember to survive was sentenced to life in prison in Lansing, Kansas. After 1916 the building became home to a feed store, an opera house, and the Dallton Museum. In 1972, the city of Coffeyville purchased the building and work on the exterior was completed in 1992. Interior restoration was completed in 1997.
NRIS #73000771. Added in 1973.
For more information www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/M...
Protectograph Check Writer
Protectograph Check Writer on display inside the Perkins Building at 811 S. Walnut in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The Perkins Building was designed by Luther Perkins and was built in 1890. It was home to the Condon National Bank from 1890-1916. The building became famous on October 5, 1892 when the Dalton Gang tried to rob it and the First National Bank. Noone had robbed two banks at the sametime. After a 15 minute gunfight with local citizens, 4 of the 5 members of the gang laid dead along with 4 citizens Emmett Dalton, the lone gangmember to survive was sentenced to life in prison in Lansing, Kansas. After 1916 the building became home to a feed store, an opera house, and the Dallton Museum. In 1972, the city of Coffeyville purchased the building and work on the exterior was completed in 1992. Interior restoration was completed in 1997.
NRIS #73000771. Added in 1973.
For more information www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/M...