Kansas - Shawnee County - Historic Districts
Shawnee County Kansas (Historic Districts) has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Potwin Place Historic District, College Avenue Historic District, Holliday Park Historic District I, Holliday Park Historic District II and Topeka Cemetery--Mausoleum Row.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shawnee County places including Kitchell & Marburg, C.H. & Co. Evans, George H. Hughes, Findley Stevenson and Thomas Stewart Lyon. Prominent architectural styles found in Shawnee Country are Queen Anne, Italianate and Early Commercial.

Church of the Assumption Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000384)
Topeka, Topeka
SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
College Avenue Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000321)
College Ave. bet. Huntoon St. and 17th St. , Topeka
TheQuank, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lyon, Thomas Stewart, Hughes, George H.
Architectural Style:
Prairie School, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Holliday Park Historic District I (added 2002 - - #02001308)
Roughly bounded by 10th Ave., Taylor, Polk, Huntoon , Clay and Fillmore Sts. , Topeka
Jcakp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Holliday Park Historic District II (added 2002 - - #02001309)
1009, 1015, 1019,1021,1025, 1031, 1035 SW Fillmore St. , Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stevenson, Findley, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Mill Block Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000385)
Topeka, Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
Potwin Place Historic District (added 1980 - - #80001476)
Roughly bounded by Elmwood, Grove, Broadmoor, and Willow Sts. , Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kitchell & Marburg
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Senate and Curtis Court Apartments Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000940)
Topeka, Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949 AD
South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000386)
Topeka, Topeka
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1974 AD
Topeka Cemetery--Mausoleum Row (added 2001 - - #01000409)
1601 E. 10th St. , Topeka
Jcakp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Evans, C.H. & Co.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
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