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

Labette County Kansas has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Harmon Site, Harmon Site No. 2 (14LT323), Big Hill Archeological District, Labette Creek Tributary Bridge and Parsons Filled Arch Bridge.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Cuesta Phase and Middle Or Late Ceramic dating back to 1000 BC.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Labette County places including Topeka Bridge & Iron, Louis Simon, Topeka Bridge & Iron Co., Robert E. Larter, Mr. Smith, William Kee, Sergeant and Gibson, F.E. Parker, F.F. Parker and Robertson and Griesenbeck. Prominent architectural styles found in Labette Country are Classical Revival, Beaux Arts and Colonial Revival.

Big Hill Archeological District (added 1977 - - #77000584)

Address Restricted , Dennis

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Cuesta Phase

Period of Significance:

499-0 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Carnegie Library (added 1976 - - #76000824)

17th and Broadway , Parsons

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parker,F.E.

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

East Side School (added 2002 - - #02000762)

Also known as East Side Elementary, Oswego Negro School, East Side Grade, East Side Junior High;Oswego Junior High, Oswego Colored Sch

Iowa St. , Oswego

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Social History, 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

First State Bank (added 1982 - - #82000417)

SW corner of Delaware and Main Sts. , Edna

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Harmon Site (added 1983 - - #83000429)

Also known as 14LT324

Address Restricted , Chetopa

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Cuesta Phase, Archaic, Middle Or Late Ceramic

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Mortuary, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Harmon Site No. 2 (14LT323) (added 1984 - - #84001239)

Also known as 14LT323

Address Restricted , Chetopa

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Cuesta Phase, Archaic, Middle Or Late Ceramic

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials, Processing

Current Function:

Landscape

Labette Creek Tributary Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001431)

Off US 160 2.3 mi. W of Parsons , Parsons

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.

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

Oswego Public Carnegie Library (added 1987 - - #87000956)

704 Fourth St. , Oswego

Kaethesson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kee,William, Parker,F.F.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

Parsonian Hotel, The (added 2015 - - #15000145)

Parsons, Parsons

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

International Style

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974 AD

Parsons Filled Arch Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001436)

Also known as Labette Creek Tributary Bridge

Off US 160, 1 mi. E and 1.2 mi. S of Parsons , Parsons

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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

Parsons Katy Hospital (added 2008 - - #07001482)

400 Katy Ave. , Parsons

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Robertson and Griesenbeck

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Clinic, Institutional Housing

Pumpkin Creek Tributary Bridge (added 1985 - - #85001439)

Off KS 22 2 mi. W of Mound Valley , Mound Valley

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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

US Post Office--Oswego (added 1989 - - #89001648)

Also known as Oswego United States Post Office

819 4th St. , Oswego

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Simon,Louis, Larter,Robert E.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Art, Politics/Government, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office