Douglas County Kansas (Historic Districts) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Haskell Institute and Old West Lawrence Historic District, Breezedale Historic District, East Lawrence Industrial Historic District and Hancock (12th Street) Historic District.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Douglas County places including Charles E. Sutton, J.G. Haskell, William Alexander Griffith and Cobb & Froutt. Prominent architectural styles found in Douglas Country are Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Bungalow/Craftsman.