National and State Registers of Historic Places
Penley House
3400 Penley Drive
Wichita (Sedgwick County)
Listed in National Register
2009-11-04
Architect: F. H. Penley, Builder
Category: single dwelling
Thematic Nomination: Residential Resources of Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS, 1870-1957
The Penley House was built in 1917 on a 20-acre tract at the east edge of Wichita. Its long driveway was lined with trees and stretched west toward Hillside Street. The Classical Revival-style house is dominated by a two-story Greek temple portico supported by four colossal Ionic columns that extend over the galleried porch on the front elevation. The property was subdivided in 1941 for residential development in response to the city's World War II-era housing shortage. Today, the house sits on just one-half acre and small mid-century Minimal Traditional-style residences now flank what was the long driveway. It was nominated as part of the "Residential Resources of Wichita, 1870-1957" multiple property nomination for its Classical Revival architecture.
