Boyce Rock Garden and MuseumJessie W. “Jess” Boyce (1883 - 1969)

Jess Boyce created a miniature village in his yard using rocks from all over the world, and bottle caps as shingles and wall adornment. Inside his garage were many museum-like objects that he displayed for visitors to see. 

This site is no longer extant but it was well-documented by photographer Bill Clarke, who grew up nearby. The Garden is also allegedly one of the only sites in Phillipsburg to be featured in a National Geographic magazine. It was dismantled and razed in 1968 and replaced with a gas station. 

Sources: 

• https://narrowlarry.com/nlboyce.html
• https://www.grassrootsart.net/25yearexhibit

Small rocks, bottle caps

1390 State St
Phillipsburg, Kansas, 67661 us
Latitude/Longitude: 39.755585 / -99.3096831

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