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STONE'S FOLLY ART FESTIVAL WHAT'S IN THE NAME Let's paint the picture... You're strolling along a winding avenue of artists' booths, lit only by the stars and a canopy of white lights. In your left hand is a microbrew. Your fingers on the right are sporadicly snapping to the live jazz soundtrack that accompany your strut. You're at Stone’s Folly Art Festival. STONE'S FOLLY ART FESTIVAL annaul event: late sept
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f you were at this year's Stone's Folly Art Festival, you probably wondered about the name. Stone's Folly Mansion was a 1880s creation of Erastus R. Stone. The magnificent three story, eighteen room structure was his vision to build the "finest mansion in Kansas." The home was never finished due to the economic downturn and the name was changed from Stone's Castle to Stone's Folly. The Stone family was never able to live in the home. The structure was vacant for over a decade when in 1900 Rev. Charles Fox Parham rented the residence for his Bethel Bible College. Parham used the residence to teach the Pentecostal Faith. The home is known as the birthplace of the Pentecostal Church. The gothic residence mysteriously burned down on December 6 of 1901. Today, there is nothing left of the structure but many pieces of the stone foundation and brick tower have recently been excavated and saved. aseveneightfive
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