Kansas - Cowley County
Cowley County Kansas has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Arkansas City Commercial Historic District, Arkansas City Country Club Site, Bucher Bridge and Esch's Spur Bridge and Coffin, W.H., House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Great Bend Phase dating back to 1500.

Several famous people are associated with these Cowley County historic places including W.P. Hackney and Dr. F.M. Wilmer.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cowley County places including Sharp,Walter,Bridge Co., W.A. Ritchie & Co., Charles Sedgewick, Liberty Township, Richie Brothers, Lippert Brothers Const. Co, Philo Frankenfeld, Emanuel Klausner, William Caton and George W. Yount. Prominent architectural styles found in Cowley Country are Classical Revival, Romanesque and Italianate.

Arkansas City Commercial Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003599)
Summit St. and 5th Ave. , Arkansas City
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture
Arkansas City Country Club Site (added 1978 - - #78001277)
Also known as 14C03
Address Restricted , Arkansas City
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Great Bend Phase
Period of Significance:
1749-1500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Village Site
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Sport Facility
Bucher Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001420)
Also known as Eight Mile Creek Bridge
Off US 77 , Rock
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sharp,Walter,Bridge Co.
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
Coffin, W.H., House (added 2003 - - #03000839)
Also known as 035-5970-0072
421 E. 11th Ave, , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Klausner, Emanuel
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
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
Cowley County National Bank Building (added 1983 - - #83000421)
820-822 Main St. , Winfield
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Richie Brothers
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
East Badger Creek Culvert (added 2015 - - #15000936)
Winfield, Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924 AD
Esch's Spur Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001423)
3 mi. S and 3 mi. W of Dexter , Dexter
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
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
Gladstone Hotel (added 2004 - - #83000422)
Also known as The Elmo Hotel
N. Summit St. , Arkansas City
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frank Uhl & Co., W.A. Ritchie & Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (added 2005 - - #05001241)
Also known as Grace United Methodist Church
320 College St. , Winfield
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brostrom, Ernest Olaf
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
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
Hackney, W. P., House (added 1973 - - #73000749)
Also known as Jarvis House
417 E. 10th St. , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Caton,William
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Hackney,W.P.
Significant Year:
1886
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Magnolia Ranch (added 1973 - - #73000750)
Also known as Chesbro Ranch
10 mi. SE of Winfield on U.S. 77 , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility
Old Arkansas City High School (added 1974 - - #74000824)
Also known as Arkansas City High School
300 W. Central St. , Arkansas City
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baird,Robert, Sedgewick,Charles
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Pettit Cleaners Building (added 2005 - - #04001427)
114 E. 8th Ave. , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Caton, William N.
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
Pilgrim Congregational Church (added 2005 - - #05000545)
Also known as Church of the Nazarene, 035-0210-0003
101 N. Third St. , Arkansas City
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Silver Creek Bridge (added 1987 - - #86003270)
Also known as Jordan Bridge
E of Winfield , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Liberty Township
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
St. John's Lutheran College Girls Dormitory (added 2002 - - #01001544)
Also known as Mundinger Hall
6th Ave and Gary St. , Winfield
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Overend & Boucher, Lippert Brothers Const. Co,
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
St. John's Lutheran College--Baden Hall (added 2011 - - #10001138)
Seventh Ave and College St, Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
West Dormitory--St. John's College (added 1991 - - #91001769)
Also known as Rehwinkle Hall;035-5970-0004
1415 E. Sixth Ave. , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College, Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Wilmer House (added 2008 - - #07001477)
1310 E. 9th Ave. , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Wilmer, Dr. F.M.
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Winfield National Bank Building (added 2012 - - #11001031)
901 Main St., Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Winfield Public Carnegie Library (added 1988 - - #87002230)
1001 Millington St. , Winfield
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Parr,J.D., Smith,E.C.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
Yount, George W., Barn (added 1997 - - #97000436)
1 mi. E of US 77, approximately 2.5 mi. N of Winfield , Winfield
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Yount, George W.
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility
Current Function:
Work In Progress
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