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

Morris County Kansas has 26 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Council Grove Historic District, Diamond Spring, Old Kaw Mission, Young, William, Archeological Site and Council Grove Missouri, Kansas and Texas Depot.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Munkers Creek Phase and Archaic dating back to 4999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Morris County historic places including Seth Hays and G.M. Simcock.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Morris County places including Kansas & Texas RR Co. Missouri, Louis Peterson, Canton Bridge Co., Charles Rogers, Lewis Paterson, J.H. Leedy, Joe Axe, A.T. Simmons, Walter G. Ware and Louis Simon. Prominent architectural styles found in Morris Country are Classical Revival, Italianate and Late Victorian.

Big John Farm Limestone Bank Barn (added 1990 - - #90001576)

N of US 56, E of Big John Cr. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Carlson, Oscar, House (added 2000 - - #00000533)

KS 2 , Burdick

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson, Swen

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Cottage House Hotel (added 1988 - - #88001172)

Also known as Cottage House;Cottage Hotel;Statecoach Motor-Tel

25 N. Neosho , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

Council Grove Carnegie Library (added 1987 - - #87000963)

303 W. Main , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Axe,Joe, Simmons,A.T.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

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

Council Grove Downtown Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000519)

Also known as 127-564

Generally spanning from Neosho River to Belfry on W Main and extending N to Columbia between Neosho and Mission , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Squires, C.W., Simon, Louis

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Social, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Religion, Social, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Business, Government Office, Medical Business/Office, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling

Council Grove Historic District (added 1966 - - #66000347)

U.S. 56 , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Museum, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Council Grove Missouri, Kansas and Texas Depot (added 2001 - - #01001092)

512 E. Main St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Missouri, Kansas & Texas RR Co.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Council Grove National Bank (added 1976 - - #76000834)

Also known as Morris County State Bank

130 W. Main , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Peterson,Louis, Leedy,J.H.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Diamond Spring (added 1976 - - #76000835)

Also known as The Diamond of the Plain

6 mi. W of Wilsey , Wilsey

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Dunlap Colored Cemetery (added 2018 - - #100002967)

2050 South 100 Road, Dunlap

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlemen, Black

Period of Significance:

1880-1931 AD

Farmers and Drovers Bank (added 1971 - - #71000321)

Also known as See Also:Farmers and Drovers Bank and Indicator Building (Bo

201 W. Main St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Paterson,Lewis

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Farmers and Drovers Bank and Indicator Building (Boundary Increase) (added 1982 - - #82002667)

Also known as See Also:Farmers and Drovers Bank

201 and 203 W. Main , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

First Baptist Church (added 1995 - - #95000915)

Also known as 127-1180-0075

325 W. Main St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Four Mile Creek Lattice (added 1990 - - #89002181)

Over Four Mile Creek, SE of Wilsey , Wilsey

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Canton Bridge Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Furney Farm (added 2006 - - #06000596)

Also known as 127-0000-0458, John Amos Farm

649 E. KS 56 , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ware, Walter G.

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings

Hays, Seth, House (added 1975 - - #75000718)

203 Wood St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Hays,Seth

Significant Year:

1866

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill (added 2015 - - #15000148)

Council Grove, Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Other

Period of Significance:

1875-1949 AD

Jenkins Building (added 2004 - - #04000451)

Also known as 127-5840-0015

101 W. Mackenzie St. , White City

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Last Chance Store (added 1971 - - #71000322)

500 W. Main St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Post Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Little John Creek Reserve (added 2001 - - #01001125)

Also known as Kansas Reservation and Agency

E. 1/2, Sec. 29, T 16 S, R 9 E , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Native American, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Forest, Government Office, Natural Feature, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Unoccupied Land, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Madonna of the Trail (added 2018 - - #100002245)

11 East Main Street, Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Art, Social History

Period of Significance:

1927-1928 AD

Old Kaw Mission (added 1971 - - #71000323)

Also known as Kaw Methodist Mission

500 N. Mission St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

Simcock House (added 1982 - - #82004888)

Also known as Marks Apartments

206--208 Columbia St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Simcock,G.M.

Significant Year:

1902, 1884, 1860

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Six Mile Creek Stage Station Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000585)

Also known as NPs Master Plan #81

600 ft. E of FAS Hwy. 468, 4 1/4 mi. S of jct. with US 56 , Burdick

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Road-Related

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings

US Post Office--Council Grove (added 1989 - - #89001636)

Also known as Council Grove United States Post Office

103 W. Main St. , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Rogers,Charles

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

Young, William, Archeological Site (added 1971 - - #71000324)

Also known as 14MO304

Address Restricted , Council Grove

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Munkers Creek Phase, Archaic

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Water Works