Kansas - Shawnee County
Shawnee County Kansas (Page 2) has 36 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Sumner Elementary School and Monroe Elementary School, Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building, Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building and Site (Boundary Increase), Potwin Place Historic District and Security Benefit Association Hospital Building.

Several famous people are associated with these Shawnee County historic places including Alfred Sage, Chester B. Woodward and John Sargent.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shawnee County places including Thomas W. Williamson, John G. Haskell, John M. Leeper, Thomas W. Williamson, Kitchell & Marburg, Staudaher, Richard E. Schmidt, Buckeye Bridge Works, Frank C. Squires and D.P. Scott. Prominent architectural styles found in Shawnee Country are Late Gothic Revival, Classical Revival and Queen Anne.

Old German-American State Bank (added 1980 - - #80001475)
435 Kansas Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Leeper & Smith
Architectural Style:
Other, Chicago
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building (added 1971 - - #71001089)
Also known as See Also:Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building and Site (Bou
Off W. 6th St., 0.5 mi. W of Wanamaker Rd. , Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Religion
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church School
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings
Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building and Site (Boundary Increase) (added 1973 - - #73000779)
Also known as See Also:Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building
On Urish Rd., 0.3 mi. N of 10th St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Religion
Cultural Affiliation:
Baptist Missionaries, Pottawatomie
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Potwin Place Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001476)
Roughly bounded by Elmwood, Grove, Broadmoor, and Willow Sts. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kitchell & Marburg
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Ritchie, John and Mary, House (added 2015 - - #15000939)
Topeka, Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other - Vernacular Double-Cell House
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture, Other
Period of Significance:
1856-1876 AD
Ross Row Houses (added 1998 - - #98001329)
513, 515, 517, 517 1/2, 519, 521 Van Buren St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ross, William Wallace
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Sage Inn (added 1976 - - #76000840)
57th St. and Douglas Rd. , Dover
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Sage,Alfred
Significant Year:
1882, 1878
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Santa Fe Hospital (added 2016 - - #16000708)
Topeka, Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1930-1966 AD
Sargent, John, House (added 1995 - - #95000930)
Also known as 177-5400-0568
225 SW. Clay St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sargent, John
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Historic Person:
Sargent, John
Significant Year:
1916, 1882, 1885
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Security Benefit Association Hospital Building (added 2005 - - #05001341)
Also known as 177-5400-1746, The SBA; Menninger "Tower Building"
5800 SW 6th, 5 mi. NW on private road , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Schmidt, Richard E.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Business
Senate and Curtis Court Apartments Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000940)
Topeka, Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949 AD
Shiloh Baptist Church (added 2018 - - #100002629)
1201 Soutwest Buchanan Street, Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Rustic, Works Progress Administration Rustic, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1926-1954 AD
Shoemaker, J.A., House (added 2009 - - #08001354)
1434 SW. Pass Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Glover, Walter E.
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
South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000386)
Topeka, Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1974 AD
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (added 2008 - - #08000987)
Also known as 177-5400-1775
701 SW Topeka Blvd. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
St. John's Lutheran School (added 1985 - - #85000014)
Also known as Johannes Arms Apartments
315 W. 4th St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Senne Construction Co., Squires,Frank C.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
St. Joseph's Catholic Church (added 1971 - - #71000331)
235 Van Buren St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Staudaher
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Sumner Elementary School and Monroe Elementary School (added 1987 - - #87001283)
330 Western Ave. and 1515 Monroe St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Politics/Government, Law
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
Thacher Building (added 1975 - - #75000726)
110 E. 8th St. , Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Haskell,John G.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
Thomas Arch Bridge (added 1990 - - #90000746)
Also known as Waveland Bridge
Jct. of Wanamaker Rd. and 105th St., across the Wakarusa R. , Auburn
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Allen & Fulton, Thomas,William M.
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
Topeka Cemetery--Mausoleum Row (added 2001 - - #01000409)
1601 E. 10th St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Evans, C.H. & Co.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Topeka Council of Colored Women's Clubs Building (added 2009 - - #09001169)
Also known as 177-5400-01246
1149 SW Lincoln , Topeka
PurcellRyan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Topeka High School (added 2005 - - #05000550)
800 SW 10th Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Williamson, Thomas W., Leeper, John M.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
Union Pacific Depot (added 1982 - - #82005022)
Railroad and N. Jackson Sts. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Simpson,Alex,Jr.,Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot (added 2002 - - #02000492)
Also known as 177-5400-162
701 N. Kansas Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Simpson, Alex, Jr., Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Uniontown Cemetery (added 2010 - - #10000263)
Also known as Green Cemetery
NW Douglas Rd , Willard
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
United States Post Office and Court House (added 2015 - - #15000046)
Topeka, Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Law, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1974 AD
Veale, Tinkham, Building (added 2006 - - #05001511)
Also known as 177-5400-1261
909-911 S. Kansas Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Wakarusa Hotel (added 1979 - - #79000955)
Main St. , Wakarusa
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Ward-Meade House (added 1975 - - #75000727)
124 N. Fillmore , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Park
Washburn University Carnegie Library Building (added 1987 - - #87000972)
Also known as Washburn University Carnegie Building, Education Department
Off Seventeenth St. and Washburn Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cuthbert,James, & Sargent
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College, Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Wea Creek Bowstring Arch Truss Bridge (added 2003 - - #03000363)
Also known as Bull Creek Bridge, Miller Double Tubular Groove Fastened Bridge; 61-LT-06
Grounds of the Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SE 6ht Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Buckeye Bridge Works
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Westminster Presbyterian Church (added 2004 - - #04000453)
Also known as 177-5400-1289
1275 Boswell Ave. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cuthbert, Charles
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Willits House (added 1997 - - #97000463)
1035 SW. Fillmore , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Parnham,J.B.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Woman's Club Building (added 1982 - - #82002676)
Also known as The Clubhouse of the Woman's Club of Topeka
420 W. 9th St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Squires,Frank C., Leeper,J.M.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Organizational
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Organizational
Woodward, Chester B., House (added 1992 - - #92000817)
Also known as 177-5400-0561
1272 SW. Fillmore St. , Topeka
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scott,D.P., Root & Siemens
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Woodward,Chester B.
Significant Year:
1940, 1923, 1924
Area of Significance:
Other, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Sanatorium

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