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

Shawnee County Kansas (Historic Districts) has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital and Potwin Place Historic District, College Avenue Historic District, Country Club Residential Historic District and Holliday Park Historic District I.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shawnee County places including Veterans Administration, Kitchell & Marburg, Thomas Stewart Lyon, George H. Hughes, Franklin Crane, Findley Stevenson and C.H. & Co. Evans. Prominent architectural styles found in Shawnee Country are Queen Anne, Italianate and Early Commercial.

Church of the Assumption Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000384)

Topeka, Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

College Avenue Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000321)

College Ave. bet. Huntoon St. and 17th St. , Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lyon, Thomas Stewart, Hughes, George H.

Architectural Style:

Prairie School, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Country Club Residential Historic District (added 2022 - - #100007279)

Roughly bounded by SW 24th St., SW Topeka Blvd., SW Merriam Ct., and SW Western Ave., Topeka

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Area of Significance:

Architecture

Holliday Park Historic District I (added 2002 - - #02001308)

Roughly bounded by 10th Ave., Taylor, Polk, Huntoon , Clay and Fillmore Sts. , Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Holliday Park Historic District II (added 2002 - - #02001309)

1009, 1015, 1019,1021,1025, 1031, 1035 SW Fillmore St. , Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stevenson, Findley, et.al.

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:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Mill Block Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000385)

Topeka, Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

Mount Auburn Cemetery (added 2025 - - #100011285)

916 Southeast California Avenue, Topeka

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Ethnic Heritage-Black

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

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

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

Topeka Cemetery Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2017 - - #100001708)

1601 E. 10th St., Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Crane, Franklin

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1859-1959 AD

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 Veterans Administration Hospital (added 2019 - - #100003485)

2200 SW Gage Blvd., Topeka

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1955-1958 AD