Summary Report for the Historic Resources Intensive Survey of Lecompton Township, Douglas County, Kansas

Nimz, Dale; Ford, Susan

From introduction: "Historic architectural resources are an important element in giving a community its own distinctive character. Through the survey process, these resources are identified, evaluated, and documented providing information that is essential to preservation planning. This survey project has been administered by the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council (HCC). The council has demonstrated a public appreciation of the potential of historic preservation by promoting rural historic resource surveys since 2011. The Intensive Survey of Lecompton Township is a step in a comprehensive county-wide documentation of natural, cultural, and historic rural properties. This program is important for the county as it plans for anticipated development. The cultural and natural heritage of Douglas County is an attraction for many interested in a particular quality of life, but economic and residential development also affects the resources that give the county its distinctive character. Identification and evaluation of significant cultural resources will support the general goals outline in Horizon 2020, the Lawrence-Douglas County comprehensive plan. The 2017 intensive survey was based on the findings in the previous 2016 reconnaissance survey of Lecompton Township and builds on the findings of that project. The purpose of the intensive survey project was to confirm or counter the evaluation of eligibility for designation from the 2016 survey. To accomplish this goal, more extensive field documentation and more detailed research was carried out to document the architectural integrity and historical significance of selected properties, ranging in construction dates from 1855 to 1968. The properties to be surveyed by the consultants were identified as potentially eligible for the Kansas Register or National Register of Historic Places in consultation with the Heritage Council coordinator and the staff of the State Historic Preservation Office." Funding was provided in part by a 2016 Historic Preservation Fund grant to Douglas County administered by the Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office (project number KS-16-005, grant number P16AF00173) and the State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Douglas County, Kansas is a Certified Local Government.

Summary Report for the Historic Resources Intensive Survey of Lecompton Township, Douglas County, Kansas

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