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Historical Society post office to get facelift

Niece of original donors contributes to BCHS Museum effort

Mary Ann Boyle is pictured with BCHS museum maintenance staff member Melvin Boner and executive director Richard Lartz II in front of the Castleton Post Office building on the museum grounds. Boyle donated $525 to the museum to aid efforts to restore the building’s exterior. Boyle’s uncle, James U. Boyle, originally purchased the building and donated it to the Barton County Historical Society in 1971. - photo by Daniel Kiewel

Historical Society Post Office — Mary Ann Boyle is pictured with BCHS museum maintenance staff member Melvin Boner and executive director Richard Lartz II in front of the Castleton Post Office building on the museum grounds. Boyle donated $525 to the museum to aid efforts to restore the building’s exterior. Boyle’s uncle, James U. Boyle, originally purchased the building and donated it to the Barton County Historical Society in 1971. - photo by Daniel Kiewel

A piece of postal history will soon be receiving a facelift at the Barton County Historical Society Museum in Great Bend, thanks to a family member of its original donor.

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