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The Patee House Museum today is a National Historical Landmark and a museum of transportation and communications. Originally built by John Patee as a hotel, the building has been used as a hotel, a girl’s college, and a shirt factory for over eighty years. The Patee House even served as the Pony Express headquarters back in 1860. Visitors can explore a wide variety of items on display inside the two-story Patee House Museum, including a railway mail car, an 1860 locomotive, a 1920’s-style service station featuring a Model T, a 1921 race car, antique cars, and much more.
1202 Penn St, St Joseph, MO 64503, Phone: 816-232-8206

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