National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas.

Location of Shawnee County in Kansas

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 89 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Another property was once listed but has been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 14, 2020.[2]

Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register[4]	Image	Date listed[5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	2209 SW 29th / Dr. Karl & Jeanetta Lyle Menninger Education Center		March 26, 2020 (#100005120)	2209 SW 29th St. 39°00′54″N 95°42′19″W	Topeka
2	Morton Albaugh House	Morton Albaugh House	April 28, 2004 (#04000366)	1331 SW. Harrison St. 39°02′31″N 95°40′53″W	Topeka
3	Solomon A. Alt House	Solomon A. Alt House	March 23, 2005 (#05000202)	1335 SW. College Ave. 39°02′34″N 95°42′01″W	Topeka
4	Anton-Woodring House	Anton-Woodring House	August 23, 1991 (#91001088)	1011 Cambridge Ave. 39°03′03″N 95°43′27″W	Topeka
5	ATSF Motive Power Building	ATSF Motive Power Building	January 20, 2012 (#11001034)	1001 NE Atchison Ave. 39°03′23″N 95°39′27″W	Topeka
6	Blacksmith Creek Bridge	Blacksmith Creek Bridge	March 10, 1983 (#83000441)	West of Topeka 39°03′03″N 95°50′37″W	Topeka
7	Bowker House	Bowker House	March 15, 2007 (#07000139)	1200 SE. Quincy 39°02′33″N 95°40′30″W	Topeka
8	Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site	Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site	October 26, 1992 (#01000156)	424 S. Kansas Ave. Suite 220 39°03′15″N 95°40′20″W	Topeka
9	Casson Building	Casson Building	September 14, 2018 (#100002972)	603 SW Topeka Blvd. 39°03′11″N 95°40′45″W	Topeka
10	Cedar Crest	Cedar Crest	May 6, 1982 (#82002672)	Cedar Crest Rd. 39°03′56″N 95°44′44″W	Topeka
11	Central Motor and Finance Corporation Building	Central Motor and Finance Corporation Building	February 19, 1982 (#82002673)	222 W. 7th St. 39°03′02″N 95°40′23″W	Topeka
12	Central National Bank	Central National Bank	July 19, 1976 (#76000841)	701-703 Kansas Ave. 39°03′00″N 95°40′26″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District.
13	Church of the Assumption and Rectory	Church of the Assumption and Rectory	July 2, 2008 (#08000607)	204 SW. 8th St. 39°02′57″N 95°40′34″W	Topeka
14	Church of the Assumption Historic District		July 7, 2015 (#15000384)	204 and 212 SW. 8th Ave. and 735 Jackson St. 39°03′00″N 95°40′34″W	Topeka
15	Church of the Holy Name	Church of the Holy Name	January 20, 2012 (#11001035)	1110 SW 10th Ave. 39°02′59″N 95°41′25″W	Topeka
16	College Avenue Historic District	College Avenue Historic District	April 18, 2007 (#07000321)	College Ave. between Huntoon St. and 17th St. 39°02′26″N 95°42′01″W	Topeka
17	Columbian Building	Columbian Building	September 5, 1975 (#75000722)	112-114 W. 6th St. 39°03′08″N 95°40′26″W	Topeka
18	Constitution Hall-Topeka	Constitution Hall-Topeka	July 15, 2008 (#08000669)	429 S. Kansas Ave. 39°03′15″N 95°40′20″W	Topeka
19	Crawford Building	Crawford Building	August 22, 1975 (#75000723)	501 Jackson St. 39°03′12″N 95°40′26″W	Topeka
20	Nelson Antrim Crawford House	Nelson Antrim Crawford House	October 4, 2017 (#100001707)	2202 SW. 17th St. 39°02′13″N 95°42′18″W	Topeka
21	William T. and Delora Crosby House	William T. and Delora Crosby House	October 6, 2011 (#11000729)	1109 SW Topeka Blvd. 39°02′45″N 95°40′58″W	Topeka
22	Curtis Junior High School	Curtis Junior High School	October 22, 2001 (#01001126)	316 NW. Grant St. 39°04′26″N 95°40′00″W	Topeka
23	Charles Curtis House	Charles Curtis House	January 25, 1973 (#73000778)	1101 Topeka Ave. 39°02′45″N 95°40′55″W	Topeka
24	Davies Building	Davies Building	September 15, 1977 (#77000597)	725-727 Kansas Ave. 39°02′58″N 95°40′27″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District.
25	Devon Apartments	Devon Apartments	June 27, 2002 (#02000683)	800-808 W. 12th St. 39°02′46″N 95°41′11″W	Topeka
26	Dillon House	Dillon House	December 27, 2006 (#06001171)	404 W. 9th St. 39°02′55″N 95°40′46″W	Topeka
27	East Topeka Junior High School	East Topeka Junior High School	January 14, 2004 (#03001397)	1210 E. 8th St. 39°02′42″N 95°39′36″W	Topeka
28	England Farm	England Farm	May 7, 1982 (#82002674)	4619 SE. 37th St. 38°59′58″N 95°35′27″W	Topeka
29	Fire Station No. 2-Topeka	Fire Station No. 2-Topeka	July 3, 2002 (#02000715)	719-723 Van Buren 39°03′07″N 95°40′35″W	Topeka
30	Fire Station No. 4		September 30, 2019 (#100004450)	813 SW. Clay St. 39°03′07″N 95°41′21″W	Topeka
31	Fire Station No. 7		June 1, 2020 (#100005119)	1215 SW Oakley Ave. 39°02′43″N 95°42′55″W	Topeka
32	Gem Building	Gem Building	November 1, 2006 (#06000964)	506-510 SW. 10th Ave. 39°02′58″N 95°40′54″W	Topeka
33	Giles-Nellis House	Giles-Nellis House	April 28, 1992 (#92000432)	915 SW. Munson 39°02′50″N 95°41′15″W	Topeka	Contributing site for the Holliday Park Historic District I.
34	Gordon Building	Gordon Building	October 20, 2010 (#10000846)	900, 902, and 904 S. Kansas Ave. 39°02′49″N 95°40′30″W	Topeka	Turn-of-the-20th-century classical revival furniture warehouse significant in Topeka's commercial history[6]. Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District.
35	Hard Chief's Village		June 22, 2007 (#07000610)	Southern side of the Kansas River, west of its confluence with Mission Creek[7] 39°04′24″N 95°51′40″W	Silver Lake
36	John C. Harmon House	John C. Harmon House	January 20, 2012 (#11001036)	915 SW Buchanan 39°03′04″N 95°41′30″W	Topeka
37	Hicks Block	Hicks Block	November 9, 1977 (#77000598)	600 W. 6th Ave. 39°03′14″N 95°40′48″W	Topeka
38	Holliday Park Historic District I	Holliday Park Historic District I	November 17, 2002 (#02001308)	Roughly bounded by 10th Ave. and Taylor, Polk, Huntoon, Clay and Fillmore Sts. 39°02′45″N 95°41′12″W	Topeka
39	Holliday Park Historic District II	Holliday Park Historic District II	November 15, 2002 (#02001309)	1009, 1015, 1019,1021,1025, 1031, 1035 SW Fillmore St. 39°02′55″N 95°41′20″W	Topeka
40	Hopkins House	Hopkins House	January 16, 2009 (#08001353)	6033 SE. U.S. Route 40 39°02′39″N 95°33′23″W	Tecumseh
41	Hughes Conoco Service Station	Hughes Conoco Service Station	July 5, 2011 (#11000411)	400 SW. Taylor St. 39°03′25″N 95°40′54″W	Topeka
42	Jayhawk Hotel, Theater and Walk	Jayhawk Hotel, Theater and Walk	March 11, 1982 (#82002675)	700 Jackson Ave. 39°03′01″N 95°40′29″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District.
43	Kansas State Capitol	Kansas State Capitol	September 3, 1971 (#71000330)	Bounded by 8th and 10th Aves. and Jackson and Harrison Sts. 39°02′54″N 95°40′39″W	Topeka
44	Fred and Cora Luttjohann House	Fred and Cora Luttjohann House	February 20, 2004 (#03001384)	2053 S. Kansas Ave. 39°01′53″N 95°40′45″W	Topeka
45	Horace G. Lyons House	Horace G. Lyons House	August 1, 1984 (#84001241)	4831 SE. 61st St. 38°57′21″N 95°35′02″W	Berryton
46	Masonic Grand Lodge Building	Masonic Grand Lodge Building	October 8, 2014 (#14000833)	320 SW. 8th Ave. 39°03′00″N 95°40′42″W	Topeka
47	McCauley Bridge	McCauley Bridge	July 2, 1985 (#85001427)	0.5 miles south of Auburn 38°53′49″N 95°48′53″W	Auburn
48	Memorial Building	Memorial Building	July 17, 1975 (#75000724)	120 W. 10th Ave. 39°02′47″N 95°40′34″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District.
49	Menninger Clinic Building	Menninger Clinic Building	February 13, 1975 (#75000725)	3535 W. 6th Ave. 39°03′30″N 95°43′14″W	Topeka
50	Mill Block Historic District	Mill Block Historic District	July 7, 2015 (#15000385)	101-129 N. Kansas Ave. 39°03′34″N 95°40′14″W	Topeka
51	Morgan House	Morgan House	April 28, 2004 (#04000367)	1335 SW. Harrison St. 39°02′30″N 95°40′53″W	Topeka
52	North Topeka Baptist Church	North Topeka Baptist Church	January 18, 2011 (#10001137)	123 NW Gordon. 39°04′09″N 95°39′59″W	Topeka
53	Old German-American State Bank	Old German-American State Bank	April 30, 1980 (#80001475)	435 Kansas Ave. 39°03′12″N 95°40′22″W	Topeka
54	Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building	Pottawatomie Baptist Mission Building	September 3, 1971 (#71001089)	Off W. 6th St., 0.5 mile west of Wanamaker Rd.; also on Urish Rd., 0.3 miles north of 10th St. 39°03′21″N 95°46′31″W	Topeka	Urish Road location represents a boundary increase
55	Potwin Place Historic District	Potwin Place Historic District	May 1, 1980 (#80001476)	Roughly bounded by Elmwood, Grove, Broadmoor, and Willow Sts. 39°03′43″N 95°41′38″W	Topeka
56	John and Mary Ritchie House	John and Mary Ritchie House	December 29, 2015 (#15000939)	1116 SE. Madison St. 39°02′34″N 95°40′20″W	Topeka
57	Ross Row Houses	Ross Row Houses	November 5, 1998 (#98001329)	513, 515, 517, 517½, 519, and 521 Van Buren St. 39°03′12″N 95°40′34″W	Topeka
58	Sage Inn	Sage Inn	October 8, 1976 (#76000840)	57th St. and Douglas Rd. 38°57′53″N 95°56′17″W	Dover
59	St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church	St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church	August 16, 2008 (#08000987)	701 SW. Topeka Boulevard 39°03′06″N 95°40′47″W	Topeka
60	St. John's Lutheran School	St. John's Lutheran School	January 3, 1985 (#85000014)	315 W. 4th St. 39°03′19″N 95°40′32″W	Topeka
61	St. Joseph's Catholic Church	St. Joseph's Catholic Church	February 24, 1971 (#71000331)	235 Van Buren St. 39°03′24″N 95°40′29″W	Topeka
62	St. Joseph's School-St. Joseph's Convent	St. Joseph's School-St. Joseph's Convent	March 14, 2019 (#100003441)	304-308 SW Van Buren St. 39°03′23″N 95°40′28″W	Topeka
63	St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church		March 14, 2019 (#100004451)	801 NW. Harrison Ave. 39°04′04″N 95°40′16″W	Topeka
64	Santa Fe Hospital	Santa Fe Hospital	October 11, 2016 (#16000708)	600 SE Madison St. 39°03′01″N 95°40′09″W	Topeka
65	John Sargent House	John Sargent House	July 28, 1995 (#95000930)	225 SW. Clay St. 39°03′38″N 95°41′08″W	Topeka
66	Security Benefit Association Hospital Building	Security Benefit Association Hospital Building	November 30, 2005 (#05001341)	5800 SW. 6th, 5 miles northwest on private road 39°03′45″N 95°45′27″W	Topeka
67	Senate and Curtis Court Apartments Historic District	Senate and Curtis Court Apartments Historic District	December 29, 2015 (#15000940)	900-914 SW. Tyler St. 39°02′56″N 95°40′57″W	Topeka
68	Shiloh Baptist Church	Shiloh Baptist Church	June 29, 2018 (#100002629)	1201 SW Buchanan St. 39°02′45″N 95°41′33″W	Topeka
69	J.A. Shoemaker House	J.A. Shoemaker House	January 22, 2009 (#08001354)	1434 SW. Plass Ave. 39°02′27″N 95°42′17″W	Topeka
70	South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District	South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District	July 7, 2015 (#15000386)	Roughly bounded by 6th and 10th Aves. and SW. Jackson and SE. Quincy Sts. 39°02′56″N 95°40′29″W	Topeka
71	Sumner Elementary School and Monroe Elementary School	Sumner Elementary School and Monroe Elementary School	May 4, 1987 (#87001283)	330 Western Ave. and 1515 Monroe St. 39°03′29″N 95°40′56″W	Topeka
72	Thacher Building	Thacher Building	March 31, 1975 (#75000726)	110 E. 8th St. 39°02′56″N 95°40′24″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District
73	Thomas Arch Bridge	Thomas Arch Bridge	May 10, 1990 (#90000746)	Junction of Wanamaker Rd. and 105th St. across the Wakarusa River 38°52′30″N 95°45′41″W	Auburn
74	Topeka Cemetery Historic District	Topeka Cemetery Historic District	April 25, 2001 (#01000409)	1601 E. 10th St. 39°02′30″N 95°39′17″W	Topeka	Boundary increase and renaming October 4, 2017.
75	Topeka Council of Colored Women's Clubs Building	Topeka Council of Colored Women's Clubs Building	December 30, 2009 (#09001169)	1149 SW. Lincoln 39°02′51″N 95°41′38″W	Topeka
76	Topeka High School	Topeka High School	June 9, 2005 (#05000550)	800 SW. 10th Ave. 39°03′03″N 95°41′08″W	Topeka
77	Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital	Topeka Veterans Administration Hospital	March 7, 2019 (#100003485)	2200 SW Gage Blvd. 39°01′35″N 95°43′25″W	Topeka
78	Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot	Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot	October 1, 2002 (#02000492)	701 N. Kansas Ave. 39°03′58″N 95°40′10″W	Topeka
79	Uniontown Cemetery	Uniontown Cemetery	May 17, 2010 (#10000263)	NW Douglas Rd. 39°05′05″N 95°56′15″W	Willard
80	United States Post Office and Court House	United States Post Office and Court House	March 3, 2015 (#15000046)	424 S. Kansas Ave. 39°03′13″N 95°40′21″W	Topeka
81	Tinkham Veale Building	Tinkham Veale Building	January 11, 2006 (#05001511)	909-911 S. Kansas Ave. 39°02′49″N 95°40′32″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District
82	Wakarusa Hotel	Wakarusa Hotel	April 26, 1979 (#79000955)	Main St. 38°53′05″N 95°41′46″W	Wakarusa
83	Ward-Meade House	Ward-Meade House	November 12, 1975 (#75000727)	124 N. Fillmore 39°03′49″N 95°40′54″W	Topeka
84	Washburn University Carnegie Library Building	Washburn University Carnegie Library Building	June 25, 1987 (#87000972)	Off 17th St. and Washburn Ave. 39°02′08″N 95°42′03″W	Topeka
85	Wea Creek Bowstring Arch Truss Bridge	Wea Creek Bowstring Arch Truss Bridge	May 9, 2003 (#03000363)	Grounds of the Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SE. 6th Ave. 39°03′21″N 95°46′40″W	Topeka
86	Westminster Presbyterian Church	Westminster Presbyterian Church	May 19, 2004 (#04000453)	1275 Boswell Ave. 39°02′37″N 95°42′08″W	Topeka
87	Willits House	Willits House	June 2, 1997 (#97000463)	1035 SW. Fillmore 39°02′53″N 95°41′27″W	Topeka	Contributing site of the Holliday Park Historic District II.
88	Woman's Club Building	Woman's Club Building	February 19, 1982 (#82002676)	420 W. 9th St. 39°02′45″N 95°40′32″W	Topeka
89	Chester B. Woodward House	Chester B. Woodward House	June 25, 1992 (#92000817)	1272 SW. Fillmore St. 39°02′36″N 95°41′17″W	Topeka

Former listing

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Grand Opera House		November 28, 1980 (#80001474)	April 3, 1986	615 Jackson St.	Topeka

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Kansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas

References

1. The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
2. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on August 14, 2020.
3. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
5. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
6. Biles, Jan (January 29, 2011). "Updating historical Kansas Avenue". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
7. Dixon, Benjamin Y. "Furthering Their Own Demise: How Kansa Indian Death Customs Accelerated Their Depopulation". Ethnohistory 54.3 (2007): 473-508: 482.