Council Grove Downtown Historic District

The Council Grove Downtown Historic District is a 25.8 acres (10.4 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

Council Grove Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Generally spanning from Neosho River to Belfry on W Main and extending N to Columbia between Neosho and Mission, Council Grove, Kansas
Coordinates	38.661111°N 96.492222°W / 38.661111; -96.492222
Area	25.8 acres (10.4 ha)
Architect	Louis Simon, C.W. Squires
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	10000519[1]
Added to NRHP	July 30, 2010

The historic district contains seventy-one buildings dating from the mid and late 19th and early 20th century. The earliest building is Conn Mercantile constructed in 1853 and used as a general store and way station for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. Forty-three of the buildings were deemed contributing.[2]

The district extends from the Neosho River on W. Main St. to Belfry St. and extends north to Columbia St. between Neosho and Mission Streets.

Architect: Simon, Louis; Squires, C.W. Architecture: Early Commercial, Late Victorian Historic function: Domestic; Commerce/trade; Social; Government; Health Care; Transportation; Recreation And Culture Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Business; Meeting Hall; Government Office; Medical Business/office; Road-related; Theater Criteria: event, event, architecture/engineering, architecture/engineering

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See also

• Council Grove Historic District, the U.S. National Historic Landmark

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Christy Davis; Wendy Spencer (January 20, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Council Grove Downtown Historic District / 127-564" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 3, 2019.