Route 66 Soda Fountain

User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

The Route 66 Soda Fountain in Baxter Springs Kansas is a youth center and community educational facility beautifully encased in a restored 1940's era soda fountain. The building is devoted to lifetime learning for the community in a pleasing and positive setting. The building in the 1940's and later was an Oklahoma Tire and Supply Store, becoming a Coast to Coast Hardware store when Oklahoma Tire ceased to exist. In 2006 it was converted to its present use by the Abernathy Charitable Trust, in cooperation with the Five Mile Children's Foundation who operate the facility. There are adult education classes, GED programs, school tutoring, programs and evening youth center activities, all provided by the Five Mile Children's Foundation.

The building provides a positive addition to historic downtown Baxter Springs Kansas on the original Highway 66. While not open to the public it attracts a great deal of window lookers, and interested parties traveling down the "Mother Road" daily.

Additional information about this facility, Baxter Springs historic past, and the "Mother Road" is available at the Baxter Springs Visitors Information Center located two blocks north.

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