National and State Registers of Historic Places

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County: Shawnee
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South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District

Kansas Ave., bounded by 6th Ave., 10th Ave., SW Jackson St. & Quincy St.
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2015-07-07

Architect: Multiple
Category: commercial district

Topeka's South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District includes ten city blocks between 6th Avenue on the north and 10th Avenue on the south. The blocks flanking South Kansas Avenue form the primary historic commercial thoroughfare in the central business district of Topeka. The district incorporates all of the commercial, social, and civic functions necessary for the development of a successful urban center, with evidence of specific building booms and the influence of policy changes, such as urban renewal, present in the variety of building types and styles. The patterns of growth and density of the commercial core paralleled the development of the city as it grew mainly south and west from the original town site. Revitalization efforts in the 1960s and 1970s encouraged larger-scale development, and many businesses relocated away from the traditional commercial center. South Kansas Avenue was left with a concentration of banks, restaurants, and offices for government, utilities, and private companies. The nominated area represents the plethora of architectural styles popular during the course of Topeka's history. Buildings vary in scale from one to 16 stories high and from a narrow city lot to an entire city block in width. It is nominated for its local significance in the areas of commerce and architecture.

Stallard Mound 14SH320

Address Restricted
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in State Register 1981-08-10

Architect: Not listed
Category: archaeological site

State Capitol

300 SW 10th St
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 1971-09-03

Architect: Haskell, John G.
Category: capitol

St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church

701 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2008-10-16

Architect: Louis Wood
Category: religious facility

The Saint John African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church congregation, which traces its roots in Topeka to 1868, met in a place known as the "Alley Barn", located in an alley between Harrison and Van Buren Streets. Near that area were the homes of free African-Americans and many ex-slaves who had migrated to Kansas after the Civil War. In 1877, a prayer circle of the congregation's members was developed into the Methodist Church Mission. Pastor John M. Wilkerson, the Missouri Conference's presiding elder at the time, became the church's first minister. Wilkerson chartered the organization as the St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, which became the first AME church in Topeka. The thriving congregation purchased the land in 1882. The existing stone church was constructed over a period of years - from 1908 to 1926. Throughout the congregation's 139-year history, various activities have extended St. John AME Church beyond the religious realm and into the political, civic, charitable, and business spheres.

St. John's Lutheran School; Johannes Arms Apartments

315 W 4th St
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 1985-01-03

Architect: Frank Squires
Category: school

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

227 SW Van Buren
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 1971-02-24

Architect: Staudaher, George
Category: religious facility

St. Joseph's School & Convent

304-308 SW Van Buren St.
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2019-03-14

Architect: Not listed
Category: church school; church-related residence

The St. Joseph School and Convent occupies the corner lot at 304-308 SW Van Buren Street near downtown Topeak, KS. The property includes three minimally-connected resources including St. Joseph’s School (1911-1912), the associated convent (1917), and a one-story 1988 addition. The three-story school and convent feature brick exteriors, limestone accents, and restrained classical revival ornament unify the resources. They exhibit complementary form and massing. The property retains excellent physical integrity and continues to convey its historic use and associations as an educational facility for German Catholic families. The property’s period significance spans from 1911, the date of construction of the school, to 1970 when the buildings were no longer used for educational purposes.

National Register nomination

St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church

801 NW Harrison Ave
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2019-09-30

Architect: L.M. Wood
Category: religious facility

The St. Mark’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Topeka, Kansas, is locally significant under Criterion A for its association with the African American twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement. It served as a local community gathering place to promote African-American education and discuss the Brown vs. Board of Education case. St. Mark’s AME Church is specifically associated with Rev. Oliver Brown, the Brown family, and the Brown family role in the landmark Supreme court case Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education, which took place from 1950 to 1954. The church is also significant under Criterion B, from 1953 to 1959, from the time Oliver Brown became a reverend for the church to the time he was asked to move to Springfield, Missouri to lead a different congregation. This period overlaps with the Supreme Court case. The church stands as a historic symbol to Topekans who remember it as the first church assigned to Oliver Leon Brown, the first listed plaintiff of Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas.

National Register Nomination

Sumner Elementary School

330 Western
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 1987-05-04

National Historic Landmark, 11/6/1991

Architect: Thomas Williamson
Category: school

Sumner and Monroe elementary schools are associated with the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, and are significant in the areas of law, politics, government, and social history. In this case, student Linda Brown was refused entrance into Sumner Elementary after attempting to transfer from Monroe Elementary because she was an African American. Her father, Reverend Oliver Brown, was the principal plaintiff in the case when the suit was filed in 1951. The distance of the Monroe Elementary School from Linda Brown's home and the proximity of the Sumner Elementary School to her home was the central reason Reverend Brown agreed to be a plaintiff in the case. The US Supreme Court concluded that "separate education facilities are inherently unequal," denying legal basis for segregation in 21 states with segregated class rooms.