National Register of Historic Places - Kansas (KS), Shawnee County

Shawnee County Kansas (Page 3) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Wea Creek Bowstring Arch Truss Bridge, Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, Uniontown Cemetery, Veale, Tinkham, Building and Wakarusa Hotel.

The famous person Chester B. Woodward is associated with one of more of the Shawnee County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shawnee County places including Buckeye Bridge Works, W.H. Mills, Charles Cuthbert, Cuthbert,James, & Sargent, J.M. Leeper, J.B. Parnham, Frank C. Squires, Walter Earl Glover, D.P. Scott and Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Prominent architectural styles found in Shawnee Country are Classical Revival, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements and Late Gothic Revival.

Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot (added 2002 - - #02000492)

Also known as 177-5400-162

701 N. Kansas Ave. , Topeka

Al29, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Jcakp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

OldPrairieTown1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

TheQuank, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Jcakp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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