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

Riley County Kansas has 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Runyon, Damon House, Anderson Hall, Goodnow House and KSAC Radio Towers and Community House.

Many famous people are associated with these Riley County historic places including Damon Runyon, Isaac Goodnow, Monsignor Arthur J. Luckey, Dr. W.E. Grimes, Samuel D. Houston and Jeremiah Platt.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Riley County places including Carr,Erasmus,T., U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., Henry B. Winter, Floyd O. Wolfenbarger, Mont J. Green, J.C. Holland, F. et al. Squires, John Soupine, P.N. Scanneman and unknown. Prominent architectural styles found in Riley Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne and Early Commercial.

Anderson Hall (added 1980 - - #80001471)

Kansas State University campus , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Carr,Erasmus,T.

Architectural Style:

Gothic

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Bethel A.M.E. Church (added 2012 - - #12000301)

401 Yuma St., Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Bluemont Youth Cabin (added 2014 - - #13001044)

NE. of 5th & Bertrand Sts. in Goodnow Park, Manhattan

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Community House (added 2006 - - #06001051)

Also known as Community Building, 161-3490-0161

120 N. 4th St. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Music Facility

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Government Office, Sport Facility

Downtown Manhattan Historic District (added 2007 - - #06001240)

Generally including the blks bet. Humboldt and Pierre Sts. from 3rd to 5th Sts. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Holland, J.C., Squires, F. et al.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Organizational, Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

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

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Elliot, Mattie M., House (added 1995 - - #95000672)

Also known as 161-3490-0058

600 Houston St. , Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wolfenbarger, Floyd O.

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

First Congregational Church (added 2008 - - #08001068)

700 Poyntz Ave. , Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Fitz, Leslie A., House (added 2005 - - #05000543)

Also known as 161-3490-0162

1014 Houston St. , Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival

Historic Person:

Fitz, Leslie Arthur

Significant Year:

1914

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Goodnow House (added 1971 - - #71000326)

Also known as Goodnow Memorial Home

2301 Claflin Rd. , Manhattan

TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Goodnow,Isaac

Significant Year:

1857

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Grimes House (added 1997 - - #97000409)

203 Delaware St. , Manhatten

Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Grimes, Dr. W.E.

Significant Year:

1947, 1916, 1924

Area of Significance:

Economics, Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Houston and Pierre Streets Residential Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000031)

Bounded by S. 5th St., Pierre St., S. 9th St., and Houston St. , Manhattan

SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wolfenbarger, Floyd O., Winter, Henry B.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Houston, Samuel D., House (added 2007 - - #06001246)

3524 Anderson Ave. , Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Soupine, John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Houston, Samuel D.

Significant Year:

1857, 1863

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Hulse--Daughters House (added 2007 - - #07000601)

Also known as 161-3490-0022

617 Colorado St. , Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hadley, Herman McClure

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Law, Commerce, Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Ingraham, Jesse, House (added 2014 - - #13001045)

1724 Fairchild Ave., Manhattan

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KSAC Radio Towers (added 1983 - - #83000437)

Kansas State University campus , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Communications

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Communications Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Communications Facility

Kimble, Francis Byron (Barney), House (added 2015 - - #15000691)

Manhattan, Manhattan

SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1924 AD

Landmark Water Tower (added 2017 - - #100001704)

Sunset Avenue and Leavenworth Street, Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1921-1922 AD

Lyda--Jean Apartments (added 2004 - - #04000368)

Also known as 161-3490-0150

501 Houston , Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Howell, Charles A., Winter, Henry B.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Manhattan Carnegie Library Building (added 1987 - - #87000970)

Also known as Manhattan Carnegie Library

Fifth and Poyntz , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Scanneman,P.N., Rose,William Warren

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:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

Manhattan State Bank (added 1978 - - #78003548)

400 Poyntz Ave. , Manhattan

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McFarlane--Wareham House (added 2004 - - #04000724)

Also known as 161-3490-0154

1906 Leavenworth , Manhattan

SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Weigel, Paul, Green, Mont J.

Architectural Style:

Tudor 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

Persons Barn and Granary (added 2009 - - #08001351)

2103 Hwy. 18 , Manhattan

SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility

Platt, Jeremiah, House (added 1981 - - #81000281)

2005 Claflin Rd. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Platt,Jeremiah

Significant Year:

1871

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

Riley County Courthouse (added 2005 - - #05001249)

100 Courthouse Plaza , Manhattan

Kzollman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Betts, J.B., Holland, J.C. & F.C. Squires

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

Rocky Ford School (added 2012 - - #11001033)

1669 Barnes Rd., Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Runyon, Damon House (added 2004 - - #04001282)

Also known as 161-3490-013, Runyan, Alfred Lee, House

400 Osage St. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Runyon, Damon

Significant Year:

1880

Area of Significance:

Performing Arts, Literature

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional

Second Baptist Church (added 2012 - - #12000302)

831 Yuma St., Manhattan

Spacini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Seven Dolors Catholic Church (added 1995 - - #95001054)

NE of the jct.of Juliette and Pierre Sts. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Green, Mont J., Brinkman, H.W.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Historic Person:

Luckey, Monsignor Arthur J.

Significant Year:

1920

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Strasser House (added 2010 - - #10000431)

Also known as 161-3490-00578

326 Laramie St , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Ulrich, Robert, House (added 1978 - - #78001287)

121 N. 8th St. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ulrich,Robert

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Ulrich,Robert

Significant Year:

1868

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Walters, Daniel and Maude, House (added 2012 - - #12000868)

100 S. Delaware Ave., Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Wharton, E. A. and Ura, House (added 1995 - - #95000740)

Also known as 161-3490-0059

608 Houston St. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

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

Woman's Club House (added 1980 - - #80001472)

900 Poyntz Ave. , Manhattan

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Helfensteller,Hirsch & Watson

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic