National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Kansas

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

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.^[1]

There are 27 properties listed on the National Register in the county.

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

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Current listings

^[3]	Name on the Register^[4]	Image	Date listed^[5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Augusta Theater	Augusta Theater	October 31, 1990 (#90001577)	525 State St. 37°40′37″N 96°59′22″W / 37.6769°N 96.9894°W / 37.6769; -96.9894 (Augusta Theater)	Augusta
2	Beaumont Hotel	Upload image	February 3, 2012 (#11001078)	11651 SE Main St. 37°39′21″N 96°31′58″W / 37.6559°N 96.5329°W / 37.6559; -96.5329 (Beaumont Hotel)	Beaumont
3	Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Retention Pond	Upload image	October 6, 2011 (#11000724)	SE 116th St. & SE Beaumont Rd. 37°39′19″N 96°32′06″W / 37.6553°N 96.535°W / 37.6553; -96.535	Beaumont
4	Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank	Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank	August 19, 1993 (#93000843)	Junction of 3rd and D Sts. 37°39′18″N 96°31′51″W / 37.655°N 96.5308°W / 37.655; -96.5308	Beaumont	Built in 1875, in Beaumont, Kansas, serving steam locomotives on the St. Louis, Wichita & Western Railway.
5	Butler County Courthouse	Butler County Courthouse More images	April 26, 2002 (#02000390)	205 W. Central Ave. 37°49′01″N 96°51′06″W / 37.8169°N 96.8517°W / 37.8169; -96.8517 (Butler County Courthouse)	El Dorado	On December 3, 1908, the corner stone was laid; construction was completed the following year. Architects, George P. Washburn & Sons of Ottawa.
6	Creed-Mills House	Upload image	June 25, 2013 (#13000430)	219 North Maple Street 37°31′17″N 97°01′05″W / 37.5214°N 97.0180°W / 37.5214; -97.0180 (Creed-Mills House)	Douglass
7	Douglass Township Community Building	Douglass Township Community Building	April 27, 1995 (#95000512)	206 S. Forest 37°31′05″N 97°00′56″W / 37.5181°N 97.0156°W / 37.5181; -97.0156	Douglass
8	El Dorado Carnegie Library	El Dorado Carnegie Library	June 25, 1987 (#87000931)	101 S. Star 37°49′00″N 96°51′17″W / 37.8167°N 96.8547°W / 37.8167; -96.8547 (El Dorado Carnegie Library)	El Dorado
9	El Dorado Historic District	El Dorado Historic District	October 30, 2013 (#13000855)	Roughly 1 blk. E. & W. of N. & S. Main Sts. from E. 3rd to E. Locust Aves. 37°49′03″N 96°50′59″W / 37.8174°N 96.8498°W / 37.8174; -96.8498 (El Dorado Historic District)	El Dorado
10	El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot	El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot	May 6, 1994 (#94000429)	430 N. Main St. 37°49′18″N 96°50′57″W / 37.8217°N 96.8492°W / 37.8217; -96.8492 (El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot)	El Dorado	A one-story red-brick building with a red-tile roof and wide, overhanging eaves, designed by E. M. Tucker, Chief Engineer of the Missouri Pacific, in the Mission architectural style. Built in 1918.
11	First Presbyterian Church of De Graff	Upload image	June 27, 2014 (#14000346)	1145 NW. 108th St, Burns, KS (mailing address) 37°58′51″N 96°51′44″W / 37.9807°N 96.8621°W / 37.9807; -96.8621	De Graff
12	Amos H. Gish Building	Amos H. Gish Building	July 3, 2012 (#12000383)	317 S. Main 37°48′54″N 96°51′01″W / 37.8149°N 96.8502°W / 37.8149; -96.8502 (Amos H. Gish Building)	El Dorado	In 1917, Amos Gish commissioned T.R. Reed to build the Amos H. Gish Building. Amos Gish operated his veterinary practice and lived with his family on the second-story and leased the first-story front to retail and the rear as garage space to auto and storage businesses.
13	C. N. James Cabin	C. N. James Cabin	April 13, 1973 (#73000745)	305 State St. 37°39′53″N 96°58′46″W / 37.6647°N 96.9794°W / 37.6647; -96.9794 (C. N. James Cabin)	Augusta
14	Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge	Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge More images	May 9, 2003 (#03000377)	SW. 160th Rd., ½ mile west of its intersection with Purity Springs Rd. 37°35′46″N 96°55′24″W / 37.5961°N 96.9233°W / 37.5961; -96.9233	Bois D'Arc
15	Loomis-Parry Residence	Loomis-Parry Residence More images	July 8, 2009 (#09000495)	1003 State St. 37°40′56″N 96°58′44″W / 37.6823°N 96.9790°W / 37.6823; -96.9790 (Loomis-Parry Residence)	Augusta
16	John Moyle Building	John Moyle Building	June 27, 2014 (#14000347)	605 & 607 N. State St. 37°40′40″N 96°58′45″W / 37.6778°N 96.9792°W / 37.6778; -96.9792 (John Moyle Building)	Augusta
17	Muddy Creek Bridge	Upload image	July 2, 1985 (#85001425)	Off U.S. Route 77 37°32′03″N 96°57′04″W / 37.5342°N 96.9511°W / 37.5342; -96.9511 (Muddy Creek Bridge)	Douglass
18	Oak Lawn Farm Dairy Barn	Upload image	November 5, 2005 (#05001202)	12464 NW. Meadowlark 38°00′24″N 97°05′46″W / 38.0067°N 97.0961°W / 38.0067; -97.0961 (Oak Lawn Farm Dairy Barn)	Whitewater
19	James T. Oldham House	James T. Oldham House	November 21, 2006 (#06001054)	321 S. Denver St. 37°48′53″N 96°51′23″W / 37.8147°N 96.8564°W / 37.8147; -96.8564 (James T. Oldham House)	El Dorado
20	Polecat Creek Bridge	Polecat Creek Bridge	July 2, 1985 (#85001438)	5 miles west and 2 miles south of Douglass 37°29′23″N 97°06′33″W / 37.4897°N 97.1092°W / 37.4897; -97.1092 (Polecat Creek Bridge)	Douglass
21	Ray L. Smith House	Ray L. Smith House	January 7, 2015 (#14001117)	812 W. Central Ave. 37°49′03″N 96°51′37″W / 37.8175°N 96.8603°W / 37.8175; -96.8603 (Ray L. Smith House)	El Dorado
22	Towanda Masonic Lodge No. 30 A.F. and A.M.	Upload image	January 14, 2004 (#03001392)	401 Main St. 37°47′44″N 97°00′09″W / 37.7956°N 97.0025°W / 37.7956; -97.0025	Towanda
23	US Post Office-Augusta	US Post Office-Augusta	October 17, 1989 (#89001632)	119 E. 5th St. 37°40′33″N 96°58′38″W / 37.6758°N 96.9772°W / 37.6758; -96.9772 (US Post Office-Augusta)	Augusta
24	Viets Block	Viets Block	April 16, 2012 (#12000202)	427, 429, & 431 State St. 37°40′34″N 96°58′45″W / 37.6760°N 96.9793°W / 37.6760; -96.9793 (Viets Block)	Augusta
25	Walnut River Crossing of the Cherokee/Fayetteville Oregon-California Trail	Upload image	September 30, 2019 (#100004457)	Address Restricted	El Dorado
26	Whitewater Falls Stock Farm	Upload image	October 8, 2014 (#14000828)	433 Falls Rd. 37°49′53″N 97°02′20″W / 37.8313°N 97.0388°W / 37.8313; -97.0388 (Whitewater Falls Stock Farm)	Towanda
27	Yingling Brothers Auto Company	Yingling Brothers Auto Company	July 5, 2011 (#11000409)	411 S. Main St. 37°48′51″N 96°51′01″W / 37.8142°N 96.8503°W / 37.8142; -96.8503 (Yingling Brothers Auto Company)	El Dorado	Roadside Kansas MPS

References

^ 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.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 16, 2024.
^ 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.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ 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.

[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.

[NRHP_colors-3] 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.

[nris-4] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[refnums-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.

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County seat: El Dorado
Cities	Andover Augusta Benton Cassoday Douglass Elbing El Dorado Latham Leon Potwin Rose Hill Towanda Whitewater	Map of Kansas highlighting Butler County
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