National Register of Historic Places (original) (raw)

Kansas - Shawnee County

Shawnee County Kansas has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Constitution Hall--Topeka, Menninger Clinic Building, Blacksmith Creek Bridge, Cedar Crest and Crawford Building.

Many famous people are associated with these Shawnee County historic places including Dr. Charles Frederick Menninger, Samuel J. Crawford, Frank Pitts MacLennan, Eli Hopkins, Charles Curtis and Horace G. Lyons.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shawnee County places including William Bowker, William Weymouth, E. Townsend Mix, Charles Chandler, William D. Wight, Thomas W. Williamson, John M. Leepr, Eli Hopkins, Seymour Davis and Topeka Bridge & Iron. Prominent architectural styles found in Shawnee Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne and Prairie School.

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Historic Person:

Albaugh, Morton

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Prairie School, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Historic Person:

Anton,Frederick A.

Significant Year:

1941, 1926, 1930

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Marsh,James Barney

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Education

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1927-1956 AD

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wight,William D.

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

MacLennan,Frank Pitts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bowers,Eugene L., Williamson,Thomas W.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wight & Wight

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Carroll, J. Maurice, et al.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lyon, Thomas Stewart, Hughes, George H.

Architectural Style:

Prairie School, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis,Seymour

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol, Military Facility, Storage

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis,Seymour

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Historic Person:

Crawford,Samuel J.

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Moderne, Other

Historic Person:

Crawford, Nelson Antrim

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Literature

Period of Significance:

1938-1963 AD

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Historic Person:

Crosby, William T.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Williamson, Thomas Wilson

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Curtis,Charles

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Specialty Store

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bennett, Henry

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Historic Person:

Dillon, Hiram Price

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cuthbert & Suehrk, Bowers & Ingram

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Williamson, Thomas Wilson

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cuthbert, Charles D.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Professional

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Giles,Fry W.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Kansa

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stevenson, Findley, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hopkins, Eli

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Hopkins, Eli

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Hotel, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Leepr,John M., Williamson,Thomas W.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Mix,E. Townsend

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Capitol

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Sanatorium, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Second Empire, Italianate

Historic Person:

Lyons,Horace G.

Significant Year:

1893, 1860

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Topeka Bridge & Iron

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Chandler,Charles

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, Clubhouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Organizational

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Menninger,Dr. Charles Frederick

Area of Significance:

Science, Health/Medicine, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Clinic

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Scott, D.P.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Morgan, Harrison

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Economics

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

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