Historic Kansas ranch, complete with bomb shelter, listed for sale. See photos
Sitting on more than 50 acres in the Flint Hills is a historic ranch for sale that provides “everything this part of Kansas has to offer.”
Those offerings include river access, wildlife habitat, hunting opportunities, farmland, a 26-acre pasture along with a grand home and guest house in Eureka. The seller is asking $2.5 million for the Teichgraeber — Bar S Ranch.
“It is easy to envision this ranch as a full-time residence, family weekend retreat, wedding or event venue, bed and breakfast or hunting basecamp,” Hayden Outdoors agent Ron Baker, former Wichita State basketball great, said in the May 21 listing. “This property has everything you need to let your imagination run wild.”
The main home features six bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms, five fireplaces, a formal living room and dining room, a chef’s kitchen, a breakfast room, a ranch room and a game room that opens to the backyard patio.
“Whether you look up or down, the craftsmanship is on display,” Baker and fellow listing agent Jim Elliott said.
Property includes a Cold War-era bomb shelter
It’s also home to “one of the most extraordinary features you’ll encounter on any private property in Kansas” — a Cold War-era bomb shelter that was built alongside the home in 1963.
“This wasn’t an afterthought,” the listing agents said. “It was engineered as a serious protective structure, complete with its own diesel generator wired to a 3,000-gallon underground fuel tank, dedicated fresh-air filtration and ducting, a decontamination shower, provisions storage, and a concealed escape tunnel that exits to the surface.”
Other ranch buildings include a guest house that is currently being rented, a horse barn, a steel building for storing equipment and vehicles, a commercial grade dog kennel and pipe fence pens.
“Hunting, fishing, hiking, horseback riding and many other activities are all available to you on this special property,” the agents said. “The diverse landscape lends itself to a variety of outdoor activities.”
In addition to whitetail deer, turkey, quail and dove, the listing says the Fall River provides access to bass, crappie, sunfish and catfish.
The land also offers about 18 acres of tillable farmland and a hay pasture.
Eureka is about 60 miles east of Wichita.