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

Franklin County Kansas has 21 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dietrich Cabin, Downtown Ottawa Historic District, Eight Mile Creek Warren Truss Bridge, Franklin County Courthouse and Hanway, Judge James, House.

Many famous people are associated with these Franklin County historic places including Ernest Valeton de Boissiere, Judge James Hanway, Jacob Dietrich, Tauy Jones and James H. Ransom.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Franklin County places including Sone Pierson, Topeka Bridge & Iron, George P. Washburn, Jacob Dietrich, Judge James Hanway, Oscar W. Uhrich, Clarence Washburn, Emerson & Plank, Kansas City Bridge Co. and Henry Mignot. Prominent architectural styles found in Franklin Country are Gothic, Italianate and Late Gothic Revival.

Appanoose Church of the Brethren and Cemetery (added 2018 - - #100002965)

492 Woodson & 196 N 1 Rds., Overbrook

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Congregants

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1886-1925 AD

Dietrich Cabin (added 1972 - - #72000500)

Ottawa City Park , Ottawa

Nja1985, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dietrich,Jacob

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Dietrich,Jacob,et al.

Significant Year:

1961, 1863, 1859

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Downtown Ottawa Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000501)

E side of S. Main St. from No. 135 to 3rd St. , Ottawa

Nja1985, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Professional, Specialty Store

Eight Mile Creek Warren Truss Bridge (added 2003 - - #03000374)

Also known as 30-LT-12

Osborne Terrace, 0.2 mi. W of int. with Eisenhower Terrace, 1.0 W of Main St. , Ottawa

Bhall87, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Franklin County Courthouse (added 1972 - - #72000502)

Main St. , Ottawa

Bhall87, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Washburn,George P.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

Hanway, Judge James, House (added 2008 - - #08001173)

658 Virginia Rd. , Lane

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Hanway, Judge James

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Ottawa Central Business District (added 2008 - - #06000622)

Roughly bounded by Marias des Cygnes R., S 5th St., Walnut St. and Hickory St. , Ottawa

Nja1985, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Washburn, George P.

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Jones, Tauy, House (added 1972 - - #72000503)

3 mi. NE of Ottawa on Tauy Creek , Ottawa

BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Jones,Tauy

Significant Year:

1872, 1863

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Education

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Middle Creek Tributary Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001428)

5.8 mi. W of Princeton , Princeton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

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

Old Santa Fe Railroad Depot (added 1973 - - #73000755)

Also known as Old Depot Museum

135 W. Tecumseh St. , Ottawa

BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pierson,Sone

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Ottawa High School and Junior High School (added 2000 - - #00001188)

Also known as Ottawa Middle School

526 and 506 S. Main St. , Ottawa

Nja1985, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Washburn, George P. & Son, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Ottawa Library (added 1980 - - #80001465)

Also known as Carnegie Free Library

5th and Main Sts. , Ottawa

Kaethesson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Washburn,George P.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

Pleasant Valley School District #2 (added 2004 - - #04000078)

Also known as Pleasant Valley Community Club, 059-0000-0199

2905 Thomas Rd. , Wellsville

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

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mignot, Henry

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Ransom, James H., House (added 1974 - - #74000836)

318 S. Locust St. , Ottawa

Nja1985, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Ransom,James H.

Significant Year:

1901, 1890, 1889

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

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

Reid, Lyman, House (added 2017 - - #100000508)

306 Elm St., Ottawa

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Washburn, Clarence, Uhrich, Oscar W.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1888-1889 AD

Silkville (added 1972 - - #72000504)

2.5 mi. SW of Williamsburg on U.S. 50 , Williamsburg

BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

de Boissiere,Ernest Valeton

Significant Year:

1875, 1870, 1869

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling

Tauy Baptist Church (added 2024 - - #100010891)

4097 Nevada Road, Ottawa

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Area of Significance:

Architecture

Tauy Creek Bridge (added 1990 - - #90001567)

Over Tauy Cr. N of I-35 , Ottawa

BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kansas City Bridge Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Tauy Jones Hall (added 1982 - - #82002659)

Ottawa University campus, 10th and Cedar Sts. , Ottawa

Bhall87, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Emerson & Plank

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Walnut Creek Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001445)

Off KS 33 1 mi. S of Wellsville , Wellsville

BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Topeka Bridge & Iron

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

Wellsville Bank Building (added 1991 - - #91001519)

Also known as Wellsville Seed Company Building;059-5750-0002

418 Main St. , Wellsville

Art davis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use