In 1857 Tim and Eliza Hersey, the founders and first inhabitants of Abilene, built a stone dugout in the location where the Lebold Mansion stands today.
Lebold Mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.Ĭonstructed of native Kansas limestone, the mansion was built in 1880 by banker Conrad Lebold. Lebold Mansion is a Victorian-era house in Abilene, Kansas, United States.