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

Harvey County Kansas (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Warkentin, Bernhard, Homestead and Warkentin, Bernhard, Homestead, McKinley Residential Historic District, Newton Main Street Historic District I and Newton Main Street Historic District II.

The famous person Bernhard Warkentin is associated with one of more of the Harvey County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Harvey County places including John Gideon Haskell, Sam Greenbaum, William Rose, et. al. and Lorentz Schmidt. Prominent architectural styles found in Harvey Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Queen Anne.

McKinley Residential Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000670)

Roughly E. 5th St., SE 3rd St., Allison St., Walnut St. , Newton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schmidt, Lorentz

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Education, Health Care, Health Care, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Medical Business/Office, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Education, Health Care, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Medical Business/Office, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Newton Main Street Historic District I (added 2003 - - #03001145)

200 thourgh 214 and 203 through 301 N. Main St. , Newton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rose, William

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Library, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Museum

Newton Main Street Historic District II (added 2003 - - #03001146)

411-825 N. Main St. and 414-726 N. Main St. , Newton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Greenbaum, Sam, et. al.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Theater

Warkentin, Bernhard, Homestead (added 1974 - - #74000839)

Also known as Little River Stock Farm;Warkentin Farm

N of Halstead , Halstead

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Haskell,John Gideon

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Warkentin,Bernhard

Significant Year:

1883, 1874, 1880

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Social History, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Energy Facility, Research Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage