National and State Registers of Historic Places
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Dunlap Colored Cemetery
2050 S 100 RdDunlap vicinity (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Sep 14, 2018
Architect: Not Applicable
Area of Significance: cemetery
Architectural Style(s): Other
Dunlap Colored Cemetery is associated with the Exoduster settlement known as the Dunlap Colony. One of three Benjamin "Pap" Singleton Exoduster colonies in the state of Kansas, the Dunlap Colony was started in 1878 and included 200 settlers. Eventually the Dunlap Colony came to refer to the Exodusters who settled in the original colony location, the town of Dunlap, and additional area settlements spanning Morris and Lyon counties. Although there are a few African Americans buried in the town’s designated cemetery, the Dunlap Colored Cemetery was established in 1880 by the Exoduster settlers as a reaction to local white settlers who objected to African Americans being buried in the same place as whites. This cemetery is significant for its association with African American settlement in southeastern Morris County and northwestern Lyon County, Kansas, which began as Singleton’s Exoduster Dunlap Colony. This cemetery derives its primary significance from associations with the Exoduster settlements of the Singleton Farm Colony of Dunlap. Columbus Johnson, who was Singleton’s business associate, is buried here. Aside from this cemetery, few other resources associated with this group of African Americans remain.
Farmers and Drovers Bank and Indicator Building
201 West MainCouncil Grove (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Jun 21, 1971
Architect: Charles Squires
Area of Significance: financial institution; professional
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian
Boundary amendment approved 2/19/82.
First Baptist Church
325 West Main StreetCouncil Grove (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Jul 28, 1995
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: religious facility
Architectural Style(s): Gothic; Romanesque
Four Mile Creek Lattice Bridge
2 miles southeast of WilseyWilsey (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Jan 4, 1990
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: road-related
Architectural Style(s): Bridge
Thematic Nomination: Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas
Furney Farm
649 E KS 56Council Grove Vicinity (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Jul 12, 2006
Architect: Walter G. Ward
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Tudor Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
The Furney Farm (c. 1925) is as an excellent and rare example of a Tudor Revival-style farmhouse. Walter G. Ward of the Kansas State Agricultural College designed the two-story red brick house that is constructed upon a limestone foundation. A historic wood-framed gambrel roof barn contributes to the property. The farmhouse is nominated for its architectural significance with the barn as a contributing structure.
Greenwood Cemetery
00 West Main StreetCouncil Grove (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Feb 3, 2020
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: cemetery
The Greenwood Cemetery in Council Grove is historically significant because it is one of the oldest burial locations of settlers in Kansas. The cemetery was established in the 1860s and most town founders, early political leaders at city, county and state levels are buried in this cemetery. Management of the cemetery was taken over by the Council Grove Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge (IOOF) #43 in 1870. It was at this point that a stone fence was built around the burial grounds, the land plotted and the name Greenwood Cemetery was established. The Odd Fellows managed Greenwood until 1911 when it was transferred back to the City of Council Grove. In 1922, the Civic Club led efforts to build the Shelter House at the cemetery. The grounds were expanded in 1923 and again in 1945 bringing the cemetery to its current footprint. The south stone wall is all that remains of the original stone fence; it was restored in the 1990s and continues to frame the main cemetery gates off W. Main Street. Although no lots have been available for purchase in Greenwood Cemetery for years, internments continue. The cemetery is actively used by local families and residents who bought plots years ago. Existing gravesites reflect generations of Morris County residents and convey the history of the town’s founding through the middle of the twentieth century.
Hays, Seth, House
203 WoodCouncil Grove (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Sep 25, 1975
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Federal
Herington Army Airfield Chapel
106 Main StreetLatimer (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Jan 5, 2024
Architect: US Army
Area of Significance: religious facility
Architectural Style(s): Colonial Revival
The Herington Army Airfield Chapel (now known as the Latimer Lutheran Church), was originally constructed as a Series 800 Type CH-1 Regimental Chapel, during construction of the 1,700 acre Herington Army Airfield, near the small town of Delevan in Morris County, Kansas in 1942-1943. This Airfield served as one of the most powerful WWII air interceptor command bases, processing B17, B24, and B29 bombers and their crews, prior to deploying overseas. Although the Chapel has been moved from its original location it maintains its historical significance as there have been very few alterations to the building since originally built in 1942.
Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill
East of North Belfry Street, generally fro Columbia to Conn StreetsCouncil Grove (Morris County)
Listed in National Register Apr 14, 2015
Architect: N/A
Area of Significance: park
Belfry Hill is a prominent landmark in the Neosho River valley that overlooks the surrounding community of Council Grove, which began as a Santa Fe Trail-era campsite along the river. Providing scenic views of the town, Belfry Hill is a tree-lined bluff with natural stone outcroppings that functions as a local park welcoming visitors. A portion of Belfry Hill was developed in 1901 as a natural and historical park, and it was further enhanced in 1921 as part of the centennial commemoration of the opening of the Santa Fe Trail. The area within the stone outcropping has long been interpreted by local historians as the place where Italian priest Giovanni Maria de Agostini lived for five months in 1863. Still today, the town's identity and heritage tourism are rooted in these early 20th efforts to promote the area's frontier and trail-era history. This site was not nominated for association with the community's mid-19th century history, but rather for its significance as an early 20th century historical attraction.
Jenkins Building
101 W. Mackenzie St.White City (Morris County)
Listed in National Register May 19, 2004
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: vacant/not in use; department store
Architectural Style(s): Italianate; Late Victorian
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