Vacant / Not In Use
Kansas - Riley County
Riley County Kansas has 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Runyon, Damon House, Anderson Hall, Goodnow House and KSAC Radio Towers and Community House.

Many famous people are associated with these Riley County historic places including Damon Runyon, Isaac Goodnow, Monsignor Arthur J. Luckey, Dr. W.E. Grimes, Samuel D. Houston and Jeremiah Platt.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Riley County places including Carr,Erasmus,T., U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., Henry B. Winter, Floyd O. Wolfenbarger, Mont J. Green, J.C. Holland, F. et al. Squires, John Soupine, P.N. Scanneman and unknown. Prominent architectural styles found in Riley Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne and Early Commercial.

Anderson Hall (added 1980 - - #80001471)
Kansas State University campus , Manhattan
Kzollman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carr,Erasmus,T.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Bethel A.M.E. Church (added 2012 - - #12000301)
401 Yuma St., Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Bluemont Youth Cabin (added 2014 - - #13001044)
NE. of 5th & Bertrand Sts. in Goodnow Park, Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Community House (added 2006 - - #06001051)
Also known as Community Building, 161-3490-0161
120 N. 4th St. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Music Facility
Current Function:
Government, Recreation And Culture, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Government Office, Sport Facility
Downtown Manhattan Historic District (added 2007 - - #06001240)
Generally including the blks bet. Humboldt and Pierre Sts. from 3rd to 5th Sts. , Manhattan
Kzollman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Holland, J.C., Squires, F. et al.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Organizational, Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Elliot, Mattie M., House (added 1995 - - #95000672)
Also known as 161-3490-0058
600 Houston St. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wolfenbarger, Floyd O.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
First Congregational Church (added 2008 - - #08001068)
700 Poyntz Ave. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Fitz, Leslie A., House (added 2005 - - #05000543)
Also known as 161-3490-0162
1014 Houston St. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Fitz, Leslie Arthur
Significant Year:
1914
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Goodnow House (added 1971 - - #71000326)
Also known as Goodnow Memorial Home
2301 Claflin Rd. , Manhattan
TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Goodnow,Isaac
Significant Year:
1857
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Grimes House (added 1997 - - #97000409)
203 Delaware St. , Manhatten
Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Grimes, Dr. W.E.
Significant Year:
1947, 1916, 1924
Area of Significance:
Economics, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Houston and Pierre Streets Residential Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000031)
Bounded by S. 5th St., Pierre St., S. 9th St., and Houston St. , Manhattan
SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wolfenbarger, Floyd O., Winter, Henry B.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Houston, Samuel D., House (added 2007 - - #06001246)
3524 Anderson Ave. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Soupine, John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Houston, Samuel D.
Significant Year:
1857, 1863
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Hulse--Daughters House (added 2007 - - #07000601)
Also known as 161-3490-0022
617 Colorado St. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hadley, Herman McClure
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Law, Commerce, Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ingraham, Jesse, House (added 2014 - - #13001045)
1724 Fairchild Ave., Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
KSAC Radio Towers (added 1983 - - #83000437)
Kansas State University campus , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Communications
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Communications Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Communications Facility
Kimble, Francis Byron (Barney), House (added 2015 - - #15000691)
Manhattan, Manhattan
SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1924 AD
Landmark Water Tower (added 2017 - - #100001704)
Sunset Avenue and Leavenworth Street, Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1921-1922 AD
Lyda--Jean Apartments (added 2004 - - #04000368)
Also known as 161-3490-0150
501 Houston , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Howell, Charles A., Winter, Henry B.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Manhattan Carnegie Library Building (added 1987 - - #87000970)
Also known as Manhattan Carnegie Library
Fifth and Poyntz , Manhattan
HornColumbia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scanneman,P.N., Rose,William Warren
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:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
Manhattan State Bank (added 1978 - - #78003548)
400 Poyntz Ave. , Manhattan
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McFarlane--Wareham House (added 2004 - - #04000724)
Also known as 161-3490-0154
1906 Leavenworth , Manhattan
SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Weigel, Paul, Green, Mont J.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Persons Barn and Granary (added 2009 - - #08001351)
2103 Hwy. 18 , Manhattan
SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility
Platt, Jeremiah, House (added 1981 - - #81000281)
2005 Claflin Rd. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Platt,Jeremiah
Significant Year:
1871
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
Riley County Courthouse (added 2005 - - #05001249)
100 Courthouse Plaza , Manhattan
Kzollman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Betts, J.B., Holland, J.C. & F.C. Squires
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
Rocky Ford School (added 2012 - - #11001033)
1669 Barnes Rd., Manhattan
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Runyon, Damon House (added 2004 - - #04001282)
Also known as 161-3490-013, Runyan, Alfred Lee, House
400 Osage St. , Manhattan
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Runyon, Damon
Significant Year:
1880
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts, Literature
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional
Second Baptist Church (added 2012 - - #12000302)
831 Yuma St., Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Seven Dolors Catholic Church (added 1995 - - #95001054)
NE of the jct.of Juliette and Pierre Sts. , Manhattan
WaltBren, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Green, Mont J., Brinkman, H.W.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Historic Person:
Luckey, Monsignor Arthur J.
Significant Year:
1920
Area of Significance:
Religion, 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
Strasser House (added 2010 - - #10000431)
Also known as 161-3490-00578
326 Laramie St , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Ulrich, Robert, House (added 1978 - - #78001287)
121 N. 8th St. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ulrich,Robert
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Ulrich,Robert
Significant Year:
1868
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Walters, Daniel and Maude, House (added 2012 - - #12000868)
100 S. Delaware Ave., Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Wharton, E. A. and Ura, House (added 1995 - - #95000740)
Also known as 161-3490-0059
608 Houston St. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Woman's Club House (added 1980 - - #80001472)
900 Poyntz Ave. , Manhattan
Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Helfensteller,Hirsch & Watson
Architectural Style:
Other, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
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