National and State Registers of Historic Places
Results of Query:
County: Douglas
Records: All Properties
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Blood, Col. James, House
1015 TennesseLawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Feb 23, 1972
Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian
Breezedale Historic District
2301-2401 Massachusetts StreetLawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jan 31, 2008
Architect: Sutton, Charles E.
Area of Significance: residential district
Architectural Style(s): Bungalow/Craftsman
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of Lawrence (2001)
Extending an early twentieth century trend of southern and western residential expansion in Lawrence, Charles E. Sutton developed the Breezedale Addition and the streetcar route at the southern end of Massachusetts Street. In an unsual venture for Lawrence, he built five homes with similar architectural character in 1909 and 1910. This was the first attempt in Larwerence to create an identifiable surburban neighborhood. The district includes fourteen contributing and five non-contributing resources. It was nominated as part of the "Historic Resources of Lawrence" multiple property nomination for its association with local development and its early twentieth century architecture.
Brender, John House
545 W 20th StEudora (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register Aug 3, 2019
Architect: Brender, John
Area of Significance: domestic
Architectural Style(s): Second Empire
The John Brender Residence, located in Eudora, Douglas County is historically significant and eligible for listing in the Register of Historic Kansas Places under Criterion C for architecture. The building is locally significant as an excellent example of the Second Empire style in Douglas County, Kansas. The home has been a fixture in the community since it was first constructed in the 1870s. The original owner and builder of the home, John Brender, was one of the founders of the City of Eudora and served as the city’s first blacksmith. In the early twentieth century, the Rosenau family made this their home for over 90 years and were a fixture of the Eudora community. The period of significance for the Brender Residence is 1876 the year the building was constructed.
Case Library, Baker University
Eighth and GroveBaldwin City (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jun 5, 1986
Architect: J.W. Gaddis
Area of Significance: college
Architectural Style(s): Classical Revival
Chewning House
1510 Stratford Rd.Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Mar 7, 2019
Architect: George Beal
Area of Significance: domestic; single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Modern Movement
The Chewning House is located at 1510 Stratford Road in the West Hills neighborhood just west of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. It was built in 1936 and designed by George M. Beal, chair of the University of Kansas Architecture program. The house is one of the 1,000 houses built in the United States as part of the General Electric “New American Home” program, which involved General Electric and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The program was started to stimulate the economy and put people to work during the Great Depression and aimed to utilize local financiers, builders and suppliers. It is the only known GE “New American Home” in the immediate vicinity of Lawrence and one of the earliest examples of the Modern movement in residential architecture in Lawrence. It is being nominated under the Historic Resources of Lawrence Multiple Property Documentation Form. It predates the “Lawrence Modern, 1945-1975” MPS amendment, but fits into the context as being modern in design and is also associated with the Federal Housing Administration.
Chicken Creek Bridge
Lone Star vicinityLone Star (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Mar 5, 1990
Architect: B.F. Metsker, I. Babb
Area of Significance: road-related
Architectural Style(s): Bridge
Chi Omega Sorority House
1345 West Campus RoadLawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register Jan 5, 1983
Architect: Walter Glover
Area of Significance: clubhouse
Architectural Style(s): Tudor Revival
Clearfield School - District 58
2162 N 600 RoadBaldwin City (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jan 8, 2014
Architect: Unknown
Area of Significance: education related
Architectural Style(s): Stick/Eastlake
Thematic Nomination: Historic Public Schools of Kansas
Clearfield School, built in 1900, is located northeast of Baldwin City in Palmyra Township on a half-acre site that includes three contributing buildings (the school and two outhouses) and one non-contributing building (a shed). This school building was at least the second schoolhouse to serve district 58 students, and was originally built in a location one mile east, but it was moved to its current location in 1908. The school closed in 1946, but it continued to serve as a meeting house for the Clearfield Grange until the 1990s. At the time of nomination, the Clearfield Historical Society maintains the building. This vernacular one-room schoolhouse exhibits Queen Anne and Stick stylistic references including a triangular panel in the front gable, ornamental windows with a band of several square panes encircling a larger clear pane, a shed roof supported by ornamental brackets over each entrance, and fishscale shingle siding in the front gable. It was nominated as part of the "Historic Public Schools of Kansas" multiple property nomination for its local significance in the areas of education and architecture.
Clinton School District 25
1180 North 604 East Road, Lawrence vicinityLawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register May 1, 1998
Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: single dwelling; school; business
Architectural Style(s): Other
Coal Creek Library
698 E. 1719 RoadVinland, Baldwin City Vicinity (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Dec 10, 2003
Architect: Coal Creek Library Association
Area of Significance: library
Architectural Style(s): Other
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