Abilene, Kansas: Only Operating Box Ball Alley
Built in 1904, it's a kind of scaled-down all-wood bowling alley, in the basement of a mansion. Tour-takers are allowed to try it. Also here: a Patent Medicine Museum.
Seelye Mansion
- Address:
- 1105 N. Buckeye Ave., Abilene, KS
- Directions:
- In the basement of the Seelye Mansion. North of downtown, on the east side of KS-15/N. Buckeye Ave. Turn east onto NE 11th St., then left into the parking lot.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 10-4, Su 1-4 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 785-263-1084
- Admission:
- Adults $15.
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We did the Seelye Mansion tour. The Box Ball is in the basement.
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Box Ball was a kind of scaled-down all-wood bowling alley. This one, built in 1904, was the private game of a mansion-owning rich family.