Downtown Humboldt, Kansas Historic Resources Survey

Hernly Associates, Inc.

From introduction: "The Humboldt Downtown Action Team (HDAT) initiated this survey with assistance from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) at the Kansas Historical Society (KSHS). The recommendations, at the end of the report, will aid in monitoring and preserving some of the cultural resources of Downtown Humboldt. Primary funding was provided by a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant, administered by the SHPO. Cole Herder, City Administrator of Humboldt, supervised the project. The survey of Downtown Humboldt was conducted in two parts. The first part was undertaken by the City of Humboldt with assistance of the SHPO. Photographs of each property within the downtown were taken by John Works in October 2014. In March 2015, SHPO staff created entries in the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory (KHRI) for each property, uploading the photographs and adding information gleaned from Sanborn maps and historic images. This reconnaissance survey enabled the SHPO to make preliminary eligibility assessments for each property and to determine recommendations to focus an intensive level survey on the 800 Block of Bridge Street and six individual buildings not within the block for a total of 19 properties. Stan Hernly of Hernly Associates, Inc. conducted the second part of the downtown survey. This Intensive Survey builds on preliminary survey work conducted by HDAT. Properties included in this survey were identified in the previous survey work as: 1. Within an area that could define a historic district, or 2. In the downtown area and potentially eligible to be individually listed in the State or National Register of Historic Places Research and primary field work, including site visits, photography, and owner interviews occurred in August 2015. All of the properties in the survey were already included in the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory (KHRI) data base, which is maintained by the KSHS. Updates were made to existing survey entries in September 2015, and the project report was completed in September 2015. The timeframe for completion of the intensive level portion of the survey was very short. The completion deadline of September 30, 2015 was set as part of the HPF grant, and the reconnaissance level survey used a good portion of the time available. Hernly Associates was contacted in early July, 2015, by Cole Herder, the City Manager of Humboldt, KS, to determine the consultant’s ability to complete the intensive level portion of the survey. The scope of the intensive survey was set through discussions with SHPO, and an agreement was executed on August 14, 2015. This left approximately six weeks to complete the intensive level survey work." Project funding was provided in part by a 2014 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Humboldt (project number KS-14-001) administered by the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P14AF00104) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Downtown Humboldt, Kansas Historic Resources Survey

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