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

Wabaunsee County Kansas has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Beecher Bible and Rifle Church and Wabaunsee County Courthouse, Alma Downtown Historic District, Brandt Hotel and East Stone Arch Bridge - Lake Wabaunsee.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wabaunsee County places including Shuss and Henderson, W.E. Glover, Boyer Brothers, John Brink, F. Presenell, K.O. Ericsson, Joe Brink, F. Schilling and E.L. Hopkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Wabaunsee Country are Italianate, Romanesque and Other.

Alma Downtown Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000354)

Also known as 197-279

Missouri St., 2nd to 5th , Alma

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, Post Office

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Fire Station, Library, Post Office

Beecher Bible and Rifle Church (added 1971 - - #71000334)

SE corner of Chapel and Elm Sts. , Wabaunsee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Brandt Hotel (added 2008 - - #08000617)

Also known as Alma Hotel, 197-0100-0002

400 Missouri St , Alma

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

East Stone Arch Bridge - Lake Wabaunsee (added 2009 - - #09001170)

Also known as 197-0000-0153

E. Flint Hills Dr. .9 mi. S. of KS 4 , Eskridge

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brink, Joe

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Eskridge Bandstand (added 2017 - - #16000133)

Eskridge City Park, between 4th, 5th, Main and Pine Streets, Eskridge

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

Fix Farmstead (added 2015 - - #15000149)

Alma, Alma

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1850-1974 AD

Paxico Historic District (added 1998 - - #98001289)

101-103,105,107,109 Newbury St. , Paxico

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Boyer Brothers, Schilling, F.

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Security State Bank (added 1982 - - #82002678)

Also known as Security Bank

Main and 2nd Sts. , Eskridge

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ericsson,K.O., Hopkins,E.L.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Economics, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Post Office

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional, Warehouse

Snokomo School (added 1995 - - #94001576)

Also known as 197-0000-0091

8 mi. S of Paxico , Paxico

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Presenell, F.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Museum

Southeast Stone Arch Bridge - Lake Wabaunsee (added 2009 - - #09001171)

Also known as 197-0000-0154

E. Flint Hills Dr. 2.2 mi. S. of KS 4 , Eskridge

SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brink, John

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Stuewe House (added 2007 - - #06001245)

Also known as Stuewe Brothers Creamery, 197-0000-0208

617 Nebraska , Alma

SharonPapierdreams, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Thoes, Peter, Barn (added 2013 - - #13000856)

25709 Hessdale Rd., Alma

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Thoes, Peter

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Wabaunsee County Courthouse (added 2002 - - #02000399)

215 Kansas Ave. , Alma

K2545, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shuss and Henderson, Glover, W.E.

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

Wabaunsee District #1 Grammar School (added 2005 - - #05001238)

56 Center St. , Wabaunsee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling