Kansas - Ellsworth County
Ellsworth County Kansas has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 10 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archeological Site 14EW304, Archeological Site Number 14EW14, Archeological Site Number 14EW17, Archeological Site Number 14EW303 and Archeological Site Number 14EW33.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Upper Republican Culture, Arapaho and Cheyenne dating back to 1500.

Several famous people are associated with these Ellsworth County historic places including Arthur Larkin and Perry Hodgden.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ellsworth County places including Frank Easterly, Henry Winter, Brack Implements, Great Bend, KS, John Seitz and AT & SF Railway. Prominent architectural styles found in Ellsworth Country are Late Victorian, Italianate and Modern Movement.

Archeological Site 14EW304 (added 1982 - - #82005023)
Also known as 14EW304;Red Rock Canyon
Address Restricted , Brookville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW14 (added 1982 - - #82004861)
Also known as Elm Creek
Address Restricted , Carneiro
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW17 (added 1982 - - #82004874)
Also known as Ward Site
Address Restricted , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW303 (added 1982 - - #82004875)
Also known as Haystack Mound
Address Restricted , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW33 (added 1982 - - #82004862)
Also known as Cave Hollow;Palmers Cave
Address Restricted , Carneiro
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW401 (added 1982 - - #82004876)
Also known as Katzenmeier
Address Restricted , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW403 (added 1982 - - #82004877)
Also known as Owls Nest
Address Restricted , Carneiro
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW404 (added 1982 - - #82004878)
Address Restricted , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW405 (added 1982 - - #82004863)
Address Restricted , Geneseo
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Archeological Site Number 14EW406 (added 1982 - - #82004879)
Address Restricted , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Ellsworth Downtown Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001065)
Generally including blks. between N Main & 3rd Sts. from Lincoln to Kansas Aves. & the W side of Kansas Ave. , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Seitz, John, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Government Office, Manufacturing Facility, Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Landscape, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Government Office, Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Parking Lot, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Fort Harker Guardhouse (added 1972 - - #72000497)
NW corner of Wyoming and Ohio Sts. , Kanopolis
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Fort Harker Officers' Quarters (added 1974 - - #74000834)
Ohio St. between Kansas and Colorado Sts. , Kanopolis
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Hodgden, Perry, House (added 1973 - - #73000754)
104 W. Main St. , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Hodgden,Perry
Significant Year:
1882, 1877
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Holyrood Santa Fe Depot (added 2010 - - #10000262)
Between Main St and Smith St , Holyrod
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
AT & SF Railway
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Indian Hill Site (added 1974 - - #74000835)
Also known as 14 EW 1
Address Restricted , Marquette
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Upper Republican Culture, Arapaho, Cheyenne
Period of Significance:
1749-1500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Insurance Building (added 2006 - - #06000595)
Also known as Wellington & Brundage Building, #053-1610-0020
115 N. Douglas Ave. , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Easterly, Frank
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Larkin, Arthur, House (added 1975 - - #75000712)
0.25 mi. S of Ellsworth off KS 45 , Ellsworth
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Larkin,Arthur
Significant Year:
1885, 1884
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Midland Hotel (added 2002 - - #02000716)
Also known as Hotel Power
414 26th Ave. , Wilson
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Weinhold House (added 2001 - - #01000185)
2315 C Ave. , Wilson
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brack Implements, Great Bend, KS
Architectural Style:
Other, Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Wilson Downtown Historic District #1--Main St. (added 2004 - - #03001496)
Roughly along Main St., 24th St., 25th St., and 26th St. , Wilson
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Winter, Henry
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Wilson Downtown Historic District #3--Southside (added 2004 - - #03001497)
400 blk of 27th St. aka Old Highway 40 , Wilson
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Music Facility, Specialty Store, Sport Facility, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Social, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Museum, Music Facility, Specialty Store
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