Kansas - Montgomery County
Montgomery County Kansas has 32 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archeological Site Number 14MY1, Archeological Site Number 14MY1320, Archeological Site Number 14MY1385, Archeological Site Number 14MY365 and Infinity Archeological Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Archaic, Cuesta Phase and Pomona Focus dating back to 1999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Montgomery County historic places including W.P. Brown and Thomas J. Booth.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Montgomery County places including Western Bridge Co., Wrought Iron Bridge Builders, James Barney Marsh, Wilder & Wight, A.E. Todd, Clare A. Henderson, F.N. Bender, Caddo Construction, Fred C. Gunn and Clements & Lavery. Prominent architectural styles found in Montgomery Country are Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival and Late Victorian.

Archeological Site Number 14MY1 (added 1982 - - #82004886)
Also known as Treaty Rocks
Address Restricted , Little River
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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 14MY1320 (added 1982 - - #82004883)
Address Restricted , Independence
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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 14MY1385 (added 1982 - - #82004884)
Also known as Lookout Station
Address Restricted , Liberty
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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 14MY365 (added 1982 - - #82004885)
Address Restricted , Independence
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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)
Ball, Charles M., House (added 2011 - - #10001209)
702 Spruce St., Coffeyville
Alishasmith1005, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1995 - - #95000943)
Also known as 125-1050-017
202 W. 12th St. , Coffeyville
Alishasmith1005, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Simon, John A.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Blakeslee Motor Company Building (added 1989 - - #89001145)
211 W. Myrtle , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Chicago
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Booth Hotel (added 1983 - - #83000435)
201-209 W. Main St. , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bender,Frank
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Booth Theater (added 1988 - - #88001903)
119 W. Myrtle St. , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boller Brothers
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival
Historic Person:
Booth,Thomas J.
Significant Year:
1927, 1926
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Brown Barn (added 2009 - - #09000191)
5879 Co. Rd. 4300 , Independence
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Brown, W. P., Mansion (added 1976 - - #76000833)
Also known as The Brown Mansion
S. Walnut and Eldridge Sts. , Coffeyville
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wilder & Wight
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Brown,W.P.
Significant Year:
1906, 1904
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Organizational
Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library (added 1987 - - #87000961)
329 E. Main , Cherryvale
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Caddo Construction, Washburn,George P., & Son
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
Coffeyville Carnegie Public Library Building (added 1987 - - #87000962)
Also known as Coffeyville Community College Adult Education Center
415 W. Eighth , Coffeyville
Kaethesson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davis,Charles S., Anderson,A.C.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
Condon National Bank (added 1973 - - #73000771)
811 Walnut St. , Coffeyville
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Cook's Hotel (added 2006 - - #06000115)
Also known as 125-2670-0150
113 West Myrtle , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Todd, A.E., Bender, F.N.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Communications
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge (added 1983 - - #83000436)
Also known as Verdigris Bridge
Old US 160 , Independence
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Elk River Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78001279)
Address Restricted , Elk City
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Archaic, Cuesta Phase, Pomona Focus
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Water Works
Federal Building--US Post Office (added 1988 - - #88002009)
Also known as Independence Museum
123 N. 8th , Indpendence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lovell,Walter D.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
First Congregational Church (added 2014 - - #14000831)
Independence, Independence
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Hotel Dale (added 2008 - - #07001483)
Also known as Dale Apartments
206 W. 8th St. , Coffeyville
Alishasmith1005, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Independence Bowstring (added 1990 - - #89002180)
Over the Verdigris River, N of jct. of Burns and Myrtle Sts. , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wrought Iron Bridge Builders
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Independence Downtown Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000624)
Chestnut, Laurel, Myrtle, Main, Maple bet. 5th and 9th , Independence
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Boller Bros.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Communications Facility, Financial Institution, Library, Mortuary, Single Dwelling, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Social, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Library, Meeting Hall, Mortuary, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
Independence Junior High School (added 2009 - - #09001165)
300 W. Locust St. , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Spencer, N.S. & Son
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
Independence Public Carnegie Library (added 1988 - - #87002231)
220 E. Maple , Independence
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brewster,Frank D., Gunn,Fred C.
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
Infinity Archeological Site (added 1971 - - #71000320)
Also known as 14MY305
Address Restricted , Independence
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Cuesta Phase, Pomona Focus
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Water Works
Inge, William, Boyhood Home (added 2018 - - #100001947)
514 North 4th Street, Independence
Scobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Inge, William Motter
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1914-1930 AD
Memorial Hall (added 2005 - - #05000554)
Jct. of Pennsylvania Ave. and E. Locust St. , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Meier Brothers, Todd, A.E.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Monument/Marker
Midland Theater (added 2005 - - #05000007)
Also known as Fox Midland Theater, New Tackett Theater
212-214 W. 8th St. , Coffeyville
Monumenteer2014, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Henderson, Clare A.
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
Onion Creek Bridge (added 1990 - - #89002172)
Over Onion Creek, S of Coffeyville , Coffeyville
Hohum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Western Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Pennsylvania Avenue Rock Creek Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001437)
Pennsylvania Ave. over Rock Creek , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Western Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Terminal Building (added 1982 - - #82002666)
717 Walnut , Coffeyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clements & Lavery, Austin-Allen
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Organizational, Road-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Union Implement and Hardware Building--Masonic Temple (added 1988 - - #88002008)
121-123 W. Main , Independence
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brewster,Frank
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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