National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, Kansas


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

Location of Cherokee County in Kansas

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee 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 in a map.[1]

There are 12 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Baxter Springs High School August 8, 2014
(#14000479)
1520 Cleveland Ave.
37°01′12″N 94°43′58″W / 37.0201°N 94.7329°W / 37.0201; -94.7329 (Baxter Springs High School)
Baxter Springs Now the middle school?
2 Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station
 
Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station
August 29, 2003
(#03000841)
940 Military Ave.
37°01′33″N 94°44′05″W / 37.025833°N 94.734722°W / 37.025833; -94.734722 (Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station)
Baxter Springs
3 Big Brutus
 
Big Brutus
January 5, 2018
(#100001945)
6509 NW 60th St.
37°16′26″N 94°56′20″W / 37.273882°N 94.938827°W / 37.273882; -94.938827 (Big Brutus)
West Mineral A very large electric shovel.
4 Brush Creek Bridge
 
Brush Creek Bridge
March 10, 1983
(#83000419)
North of Baxter Springs
37°04′24″N 94°44′26″W / 37.073333°N 94.740556°W / 37.073333; -94.740556 (Brush Creek Bridge)
Baxter Springs Only surviving Marsh arch bridge on the entire length of the former U.S. Route 66 highway (this section is now a county highway)
5 Columbus Public Carnegie Library June 25, 1987
(#87000932)
205 N. Kansas
37°10′22″N 94°50′36″W / 37.172778°N 94.843333°W / 37.172778; -94.843333 (Columbus Public Carnegie Library)
Columbus
6 Johnston Library
 
Johnston Library
November 21, 1976
(#76000817)
210 W. 10th St.
37°01′35″N 94°44′12″W / 37.026389°N 94.736667°W / 37.026389; -94.736667 (Johnston Library)
Baxter Springs
7 Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena
 
Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena
August 29, 2003
(#03000842)
U.S. Route 66
37°05′05″N 94°37′43″W / 37.084722°N 94.628611°W / 37.084722; -94.628611 (Kansas Route 66 Historic District-East Galena)
Galena Includes part of U.S. Route 66 in Kansas
8 Kansas Route 66 Historic District-North Baxter Springs April 14, 2015
(#15000141)
N. Willow Ave., SE. 50th St.; also SE. Beasley Rd.
37°02′14″N 94°44′26″W / 37.0373°N 94.7406°W / 37.0373; -94.7406 (Kansas Route 66 Historic District-North Baxter Springs)
Baxter Springs Second set of addresses represent a boundary increase listed January 11, 2017
9 Rial A. Niles House
 
Rial A. Niles House
September 6, 2006
(#06000772)
605 E. 12th St.
37°01′24″N 94°43′43″W / 37.023333°N 94.728611°W / 37.023333; -94.728611 (Rial A. Niles House)
Baxter Springs
10 Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House
 
Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House
August 21, 1989
(#89001146)
803 E. 5th St.
37°04′35″N 94°37′53″W / 37.076389°N 94.631306°W / 37.076389; -94.631306 (Edgar Backus Schermerhorn House)
Galena
11 Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store March 27, 2017
(#100000793)
313 Fleming St.
37°17′03″N 94°55′45″W / 37.284053°N 94.929298°W / 37.284053; -94.929298 (Soffietti-Boccia Grocery Store)
West Mineral
12 Williams' Store
 
Williams' Store
August 29, 2003
(#03000843)
7109 SE U.S. Route 66
37°04′30″N 94°42′10″W / 37.075°N 94.702778°W / 37.075; -94.702778 (Williams' Store)
Riverton Now known as Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store.

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 October 25, 2024.
  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.
  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.