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National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice County, Kansas

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Location of Rice County in Kansas

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

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rice 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 on a map.[1] There are 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark and two former listings.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 16, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Archeological Site Number 14RC10 July 9, 1982
(#82004887)
9 miles (14 km) northeast of Lyons[6]
Little River A petroglyph site located near the Tobias-Thompson Complex and perhaps related to it[6]
2 Archeological Site Number 14RC11 July 9, 1982
(#82004866)
Address restricted
Little River
3 Cooper Hall May 3, 1974
(#74000845)
N. Broadway Ave.
38°13′18″N 98°12′27″W / 38.221667°N 98.2075°W / 38.221667; -98.2075 (Cooper Hall)
Sterling
4 Little Arkansas River Crossing April 5, 2014
(#14000122)
Northeast of the junction of Ave. P and 30th Rd.
38°18′15″N 97°56′36″W / 38.304203°N 97.943345°W / 38.304203; -97.943345 (Little Arkansas River Crossing)
Windom Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission
5 Malone Archeological Site June 26, 1972
(#72000523)
Eastern side of Cow Creek, west of Lyons[7]: 188 
38°21′00″N 98°17′24″W / 38.350000°N 98.290000°W / 38.350000; -98.290000 (Malone Archeological Site)
Lyons
6 Rice County Courthouse
Rice County Courthouse
Rice County Courthouse
April 26, 2002
(#02000401)
101 W. Commercial St.
38°20′50″N 98°12′13″W / 38.347222°N 98.203611°W / 38.347222; -98.203611 (Rice County Courthouse)
Lyons
7 Rice County Jail and Sheriff's Residence September 30, 2021
(#100007026)
120 East Main St.
38°20′52″N 98°12′11″W / 38.3477°N 98.2030°W / 38.3477; -98.2030 (Rice County Jail and Sheriff's Residence)
Lyons
8 Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Trail Segments May 11, 1995
(#95000582)
Bushton Blacktop (FAS Highway 570), ¾ mile north of U.S. Route 56; also 4th Rd. at Av. L, ¾ mile north of U.S. Route 56
38°21′34″N 98°25′20″W / 38.359444°N 98.422222°W / 38.359444; -98.422222 (Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Trail Segments)
Chase 4th and L represents a boundary increase of July 17, 2013
9 Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 2 August 6, 2013
(#13000580)
Ave. P, ¾ mile west of 30th Rd.
38°18′15″N 97°57′26″W / 38.304251°N 97.957180°W / 38.304251; -97.957180 (Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 2)
Little River Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission
10 Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 3 August 6, 2013
(#13000581)
Address Restricted
Windom Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission
11 Saxman Site May 3, 1976
(#76000837)
0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Saxman on Cow Creek[7]: 192 
38°16′26″N 98°07′26″W / 38.273889°N 98.123889°W / 38.273889; -98.123889 (Saxman Site)
Saxman
12 Shay Building April 12, 2010
(#10000179)
202 S. Broadway Ave.
38°12′31″N 98°12′24″W / 38.208481°N 98.206794°W / 38.208481; -98.206794 (Shay Building)
Sterling
13 Station Little Arkansas May 11, 1995
(#95000583)
5 miles south of U.S. Route 56 on FAS Highway 443, ¾ miles west on gravel road
38°18′10″N 97°56′11″W / 38.302778°N 97.936389°W / 38.302778; -97.936389 (Station Little Arkansas)
Windom
14 Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library June 25, 1987
(#87000969)
132 N. Broadway
38°12′38″N 98°12′25″W / 38.210486°N 98.206825°W / 38.210486; -98.206825 (Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library)
Sterling Red brick Carnegie library built in 1916, funded by a $10,000 grant
15 Tobias-Thompson Complex
Tobias-Thompson Complex
Tobias-Thompson Complex
October 15, 1966
(#66000349)
4 miles southeast of Geneseo
38°27′24″N 98°05′31″W / 38.456667°N 98.091944°W / 38.456667; -98.091944 (Tobias-Thompson Complex)
Geneseo

Former listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Charles K. Beckett House January 16, 2009
(#08001350)
January 17, 2017 210 W. Main
38°12′36″N 98°12′31″W / 38.209883°N 98.208581°W / 38.209883; -98.208581 (Charles K. Beckett House)
Sterling
2 Lyons High School June 9, 2005
(#05000556)
September 14, 2018 401 S. Douglas Ave.
38°20′47″N 98°12′27″W / 38.346389°N 98.2075°W / 38.346389; -98.2075 (Lyons High School)
Lyons

See also

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References

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  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 Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical 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. ^ a b Wedel, Waldo. "A Shield and Spear Petroglyph from Central Kansas: Some Possible Implications". Plains Anthropologist 14.44 (1969): 125-129: 125.
  7. ^ a b Wedel, Waldo. "Chain Mail in Plains Archeology". Plains Anthropologist 20.69 (1975): 187-196.