Constitution Hall State Historic Site — Attraction in Lecompton

This museum is in the building erected in 1856 that was used for multiple purposes by the territorial government of Kansas. The first floor was used as a land office where settlers filed claims for land with the U.S. government. The second floor was used as a courtroom & as the chambers of the House of Representatives for the territorial government of Kansas. The second floor was also where the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas was written. It is now a museum with exhibits on the history of the building, the settling of Kansas, & the "Bleeding Kansas" period of the state's history. Good exhibits with firearms & other weapons from the time period. A veterans monument and the town of Lecompton's restored jail...

The building is amazing....especially when you consider how old it is. The information, pictures and history displayed are amazing. It is 1/2 block from the downtown. We ate lunch after touring Constitution Hall. The gentleman working was a wealth of knowledge. The merchants were super nice and lunch at the Cafe was incredible. Get the pie! So is the time to drive to LeCompton...

A must visit for American History junkies. It was here that pro-slavery forces drafted the first Constitution for the State. If it had passed and been approved by the people of Kansas, then it would have been admitted as a Slave State. Thankfully that did not happen. Some might say the American Civil War actually began in this...