National and State Registers of Historic Places
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County: Russell
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202 W. 3rd St.
202 W. 3rd St.Luray (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Mar 27, 2023
Architect: Frank Rothenberger
Area of Significance: domestic
Architectural Style(s): Bungalow/Craftsman
Thematic Nomination: Post Rock Limestone Properties in Kansas, 1870-1948
The one and one-half story residence has an attached garage and workshop. Both the house and workshop are made on unique Post Rock Limestone; a material found only in this local region. The house and workshop are important for their design and construction, which was in 1907.
Banks--Waudby Building
719 N Main StRussell (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Dec 27, 2006
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: restaurant; commerce
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian
The Banks-Waudby Building was constructed in 1885-1886. The two-story limestone commercial building is nominated for its architectural significance built in the Victorian style with Italianate accents. The building is commonly known as Waudby No. 1 or Waudby's Pool Hall. The wood doors with iron trim, cast iron columns and storefront of Waudby's Pool Hall have not been altered since its original construction. It is nominated for its architecture significance. (See also First National Bank-Waudby Building.)
Circle Rock Petroglyph Site (14RU10)
Address RestrictedDorrance (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Jul 9, 1982
Architect: Not applicable
Area of Significance: work of art
Thematic Nomination: Kansas Rock Art
This is one of 30 American Indian rock art sites located in the state of Kansas. The majority of the sites are located in four counties in the central part of the state. Smaller numbers are located in southeast and southwestern Kansas. These sites have examples of anthropomorphic figures and human-like forms, animals and animal-like forms, geometric designs, straight lines, and grooves. Several styles of anthropomorphic petroglyphs have been recognized. Previous analysis of a fraction of this rock art indicates it is the product of Indian tribes inhabiting Kansas during the protohistoric and historic periods of circa AD 1541 to AD 1870.
Dorrance State Bank
512 MainDorrance (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Aug 4, 2011
Architect: unknown
Area of Significance: financial institution; business
Architectural Style(s): Commercial
Located on Main Street two blocks south of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, the bank sits across the street from the National Register-listed A. C. Reiff Building. This one-story, freestanding commercial building was erected in 1905 to house the Citizens State Bank, which was later renamed to the Dorrance State Bank. The local bank was a common lending institution for area farmers and merchants during the early 1900s when Dorrance thrived as a small farming community. The bank did not survive the Great Depression and the building was sold in 1936. The building was listed for its association with the early commercial history of Dorrance and as a single-story commercial building typical of the early 20th century.
Dream Theater
629 N. Main St.Russell (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Mar 8, 2006
Architect: Robert Boller & Dietz Lusk Jr.
Area of Significance: theater
Architectural Style(s): Art Deco; Modern Movement
Thematic Nomination: Historic Theaters and Opera Houses of Kansas
First National Bank--Waudby Building
713 N Main StRussell (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Dec 27, 2006
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: specialty store; multiple dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian
The First National Bank-Waudby Building is commonly known as Waudby No. 2 or Waudby and Company Clothiers. It is nominated for its architectural significance built in the Victorian style with Italianate accents similar to the Waudby Pool Hall. The Waudby Clothing Company building is located next to the Waudby Pool Hall, and like the pool hall it was constructed in 1885-1886. The intact, original storefront has a different design than its next-door neighbor, but is constructed of cast iron and wood. The Waudby Buildings are two separate buildings with different dimensions and function, however they share a common storefront that has been maintained and preserved for 120 years.
Florence Deeble Rock Garden
126 S. Fairview Ave.Lucas (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Oct 4, 2017
Architect: Florence Deeble
Area of Significance: work of art
Architectural Style(s): Other
The Deeble Rock Garden, created by Lucas resident, teacher, and artist Florence Deeble, is locally significant as a visionary art environment as it captures her beloved travel places as “Postal Card Scenes” in her backyard, as well as the story of Lucas history seen through her eyes. People and events are encapsulated in her montages, as are the national parks and sites she visited in the western United States during her summer vacations. The garden is made of concrete, rocks, and assemblage objects. Deeble’s site is one of the four “outsider art” environments created in Lucas in the 1900’s that led to Lucas’ designation in 1996 by Governor Bill Graves as the “Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas.”
Garden of Eden
Second and KansasLucas (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Apr 28, 1977
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: single dwelling; work of art
Gernon House
818 N. Kansas St.Russell (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Oct 19, 2022
Architect: Nicholas Gernon
Area of Significance: domestic
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian
Thematic Nomination: Post Rock Limestone Properties in Kansas, 1870-1948
The Gernon House is an 1872 two-story stone building in the Folk Victorian style. It has been modified throughout the years. The property includes the unique house, sidewalk, signs, pump and slab, outhouse, and trough. The Gernon House is important for its unique Post Rock Limestone construction which dates between 1872-1923. Nicholas Gernon was one of the earliest settlers in the area, and his house is the oldest stone house in Russell County.
Haberer Petroglyph Site (14RU314)
Address RestrictedRussell (Russell County)
Listed in National Register Jul 9, 1982
Architect: Not applicable
Area of Significance: work of art
Thematic Nomination: Kansas Rock Art
This is one of 30 American Indian rock art sites located in the state of Kansas. The majority of the sites are located in four counties in the central part of the state. Smaller numbers are located in southeast and southwestern Kansas. These sites have examples of anthropomorphic figures and human-like forms, animals and animal-like forms, geometric designs, straight lines, and grooves. Several styles of anthropomorphic petroglyphs have been recognized. Previous analysis of a fraction of this rock art indicates it is the product of Indian tribes inhabiting Kansas during the protohistoric and historic periods of circa AD 1541 to AD 1870.
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