National and State Registers of Historic Places

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County: Douglas
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Oregon-California Trail Segments

867 US-40 Hwy
Lawrence vicinity (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 2016-04-05

Architect: Not Applicable
Category: road-related; transportation

This remnant of the Oregon and California trails network is part of the eastern (beginning) section of the combined trail, which emigrants passed over on the first few days of their journey west. One of the most important resources in this initial portion of the trail was Big Springs, a reliable water source lying approximately nine miles west of these two swales. Active between 1840 and circa 1860, these swales were nominated under Criterion A for their association with transportation and exploration/settlement along the combined route of the Oregon and California trails. This site's associative significance and similarity to related trail sites suggest that associated artifact assemblages may be present; they were therefore also nominated under Criterion D. Due to current transportation developments within the immediate vicinity, this site is all that remains of a larger segment.

O'Sullivan, John & Anna, Farmstead

710 E 100 Rd
Overbrook vicinity (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 2018-06-29

Architect: Unknown
Category: Agricultural District
Thematic Nomination: Historic Agriculture Related Resources of Kansas

The property was settled by John and Anna O'Sullivan in 1866 and was developed into a successful family operated cattle and livestock farm. The property has been continuously owned and operated as a family farm by descendants of the O'Sullivans. The farmstead is a cohesive collection of farm and rural residential-related structures that demonstrate development-over-time by reflecting the resources and values of a single family over multiple generations, and by incorporating technological changes into the architectural fabric. The buildings are significant as they convey the feeling and association of a historic Marion Township, Douglas County, Kansas farmstead.

Palmyra Masonic Lodge

602, 604 High Street
Baldwin City (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register 2011-05-14

Architect: Unknown
Category: commerce

Palmyra Masonic Lodge was one of the first Masonic Lodges in Kansas Territory, holding its first meetings in 1856 in the "open air."It was granted a charter in 1859, and, until the late 1860s, the lodge met on the third floor of Baker University's "College Building" (now known as Old Castle). The Masons then partnered with the local Odd Fellows organization to build a frame building that they leased to other organizations for meeting space. A fire destroyed the building in 1891, and it took the nearly three years to rebuild. The new Italianate building was dedicated on June 26, 1894. Like other fraternal buildings of that era, the first floor was designed to lease to local businesses. The second floor was divided into two principal spaces, a lodge room on the south end and a dining room on the north. Since the 1960s, the building has primarily been used for storage. The building was nominated for its social and commercial history.

State Register Nomination

Palmyra Post Office

511 5th St.
Baldwin City (Douglas County)
Listed in State Register 2017-11-18

Architect: Unknown
Category: commerce
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of the Santa Fe Trail (Amended 2013)

Built in 1857, the old Palmyra Post Office is the only extant resource associated with the short-lived town of Palmyra. From June 1857 to May 1862, this building functioned as a post office along the Santa Fe Trail. The building was relocated at least three times since the early 1900s, finally settling into its current location in the 1980s. Although its relocation precludes its listing in the National Register, this building is important to the early history of Douglas County as a remaining resource from Palmyra and the Santa Fe Trail.

Parmenter Hall, Baker University

Eighth and Dearborn
Baldwin City (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 1977-09-19

Architect: unknown
Category: college

Pilla, Charles, House

615 Elm
Eudora (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 1974-01-06

Architect: unknown
Category: single dwelling

Pinkney I Historic District

roughly bounded by W. 5th St., Tennessee St., W. 6th St., with 501-533 Louisiana St. and 444-445 W. 5th St.
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 2004-07-15

Architect: N/A
Category: domestic; single dwelling
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of Lawrence (2001)

Name was changed from Pinckney to Pinkney 1/11/2022.

Pinkney II Historic District

roughly bounded by W. 3rd St., Louisiana St., W. 4th St. and Mississippi St.
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 2004-07-15

Architect: N/A
Category: domestic; single dwelling
Thematic Nomination: Historic Resources of Lawrence (2001)

Name was changed from Pinckney to Pinkney 1/11/2022.

Plymouth Congregational Church

925 Vermont St
Lawrence (Douglas County)
Listed in National Register 2009-09-02

Architect: Haskell, John G.
Category: religious facility

Built in 1870, the Plymouth Congregational Church was designed by prominent Kansas architect John G. Haskell, who is known for his contributions to the design of the Kansas Statehouse and area schools, churches, courthouses, and commercial buildings. The congregation dates back to Lawrence’s earliest pre-Civil War days. The first church service was held on October 1, 1854, in a mud brick boarding house, just weeks after the first groups of New England settlers arrived. Work began on this building in 1868 and was completed in May of 1870. Church services have occurred in this building continuously since 1870. It is nominated for its architectural significance as an eclectic Victorian-era church building with Gothic and Romanesque Revival characteristics.