National and State Registers of Historic Places

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County: Douglas
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Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company Store

714 Main St.
Eudora (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Apr 7, 2021

Architect: Aaron Hill, Penelope Gardner
Area of Significance: specialty store; commerce
Architectural Style(s): Italianate; Late Victorian

The Cohn/Gardner, Hill and Company store is a two-story wood-frame commercial building located on Main Street in the center of the downtown business district of Eudora, Kansas. The existing building (constructed c 1860 and c.1880) is significant in Kansas history as an example of a late nineteenth-century wood-frame two-part commercial block. Part of the existing building in the northwest section includes the wood-frame structure, sheathing, and some interior features of a smaller building dating from the Territorial period (1854-1861).

Consolidated Barb Wire Company Building

546 New Hampshire
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register Feb 24, 1990

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: manufacturing facility
Architectural Style(s): Commercial Style

State Register Nomination

Double Hyperbolic Paraboloid House

934 W. 21st St.
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jun 27, 2007

Architect: Dr. Donald Dean
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Modern Movement

The Double Hyperbolic Paraboloid House was designed in 1956 by Donald L. Dean, then the associate professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Kansas. It is nominated for its Modern style that is described as a saddle-shaped surface, with alternating corners ascending and descending. The points that are low to the ground form the support bases. The Double Hyperbolic Paraboloid House proved its economical feasibility with a cost of $18,000 partly furnished. According to the February 1957 issue of Fortune Magazine, it had as much finished floor space as a conventional $36,000 house.

Douglas County Courthouse

Massachusetts and 11th Sts.
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Apr 14, 1975

Architect: John Haskell
Area of Significance: courthouse
Architectural Style(s): Romanesque

Duncan, Charles, House

933 Tennessee
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jun 5, 1986

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Italianate

Dyche Hall

KU Campus
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Jul 14, 1974

Architect: Root & Siemens
Area of Significance: museum
Architectural Style(s): Romanesque

East Lawrence Industrial Historic District

See District Properties List
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Dec 11, 2007

Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: vacant/not in use; manufacturing facility
Architectural Style(s): Other

Eldridge House Hotel

Seventh and Massachusetts
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register Dec 1, 1986

Architect: C. Shepard, A. Wiser
Area of Significance: hotel
Architectural Style(s): Commercial Style

Eldridge, Shalor, House

945 Rhode Island
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register Aug 10, 1981

Architect: Charles Shepard & Alben Wiser
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Greek Revival

State Register Nomination

Elmwood Stock Farm Barn

571 E 1000 Rd
Baldwin City (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register May 11, 2022

Architect: George W. Reynolds
Area of Significance: agricultural outbuilding
Architectural Style(s): Other
Thematic Nomination: Historic Agriculture Related Resources of Kansas

The Elmwood Stock Farm was owned by Mr. George W. Reynolds from 1898 to 1905. Mr. Reynolds was running a dairy operation that was supplying a substantial amount of milk to the Willow Springs Creamery in 1901.7 The barn was likely built before 1901; it’s milking parlor and processing room would have been integral to the dairy operation. Mr. Reynolds built the associated farmhouse in 1898.8 The barn is a good example a Midwest Prairie Barn. The barn is also important for its agricultural importance and reflects the rural heritage of Willow Springs Township.

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