The Garden of Eden

The more you know, the stranger this story gets.

Following the civil war, S. P. Dinsmoor moved to the town of Lucas

Kansas. He built a house using the type of construction used in log

cabins; however, he use limestone that was being quarried for fence

posts. He then continued building with cement and created the

Garden of Eden, which is listed on the National Register of Historic

Places. Many of the cement creations portray biblical stories, others,

no one knows there significance. Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmoor are laid to

rest in the limestone pyramid in the back yard. Mr. Dinsmoor may be

viewed in the glass sided vault he built, he is very moldy. His

youngest son Col. John W. Dinsmoor who grew up in this house, is

the only son of a Civil War veteran to serve in the Vietnam War.