Gardner Historical Museum

The Ensor Park and Museum, located in Olathe, Kansas, is a National Historic Site that offers visitors a glimpse into the lives of the Ensor family. The museum showcases a vintage 1890 farmhouse and an older peg barn filled with tools, farm equipment, radio transmitters and receivers, and hand-crafted objects. The highlight of the museum is an iconic 80-foot-high radio tower, symbolizing the historic amateur radio work done by Marshall H. Ensor and his sister Loretta Ensor over 50 years. Marshall, a former Manual Arts instructor, became renowned for his radio lessons, which trained thousands of people to become amateur radio operators. Retired from teaching in 1965, Marshall and Loretta Ensor transformed their home into a museum, arranging tools, radio gear, and handcrafted furnishings in attractive displays. Today, visitors can step back in time and experience farm life, a teaching career, and early amateur radio at the Ensor Park and Museum.Generated from the website