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Spring Hill Farm ranch house

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The historic limestone ranch house at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Kansas Flint Hills was built by cattleman Stephen F. Jones and completed in 1881. Jones only occupied the house for 5 1/2 years. The house's Second Empire architecture with its mansard roof is noted for its adaptations for prairie life and was considered a showcase at the time. The 10,894-acre Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is located in Chase County near the towns of Strong City and Cottonwood Falls. Less than four percent of the original 140 million acres of tallgrass prairie remains in North America. Most of the remaining tallgrass prairie is in the Flint Hills in Kansas. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is the only unit of the National Park Service dedicated to the preservation of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is co-managed with The Nature Conservancy.

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Flint Hills prairie - Kansas
The historic limestone ranch house at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Kansas Flint Hills was built by cattleman Stephen F. Jones and completed in 1881. Jones only occupied the house for 5 1/2 years. The house's Second Empire architecture with its mansard roof is noted for its adaptations for prairie life and was considered a showcase at the time. The 10,894-acre Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is located in Chase County near the towns of Strong City and Cottonwood Falls. Less than four percent of the original 140 million acres of tallgrass prairie remains in North America. Most of the remaining tallgrass prairie is in the Flint Hills in Kansas. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is the only unit of the National Park Service dedicated to the preservation of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is co-managed with The Nature Conservancy.