Kansas Historic Resources Inventory Survey Report: Downtown Eureka Historic Survey 2018

Spencer, Brenda

Overview: "The Greenwood Preservation Society (GWPS) hired Spencer Preservation through a competitive bid process to conduct a survey of Eureka's downtown area. The primary purpose was to assess the collection of downtown buildings in terms of the potential for listing a downtown historic district on the National Register. Toward that goal, each individual resource within the survey area was analyzed in terms of historic integrity for their potential status in a historic district or potential individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the Register of Historic Kansas Places. Heather Fuesz and Marilyn Brink of the Greenwood Preservation Society were the local contacts for Spencer Preservation. Work was also coordinated with Ian Martell, City Administrator. The general boundary for the survey area had been identified prior to applying for the grant and included commercial properties generally from 7th Street to River and from Oak to Elm. During the field survey minor adjustments were made to the survey area generally when historic commercial properties or prominent historic resources were near the survey area. Additionally, the Greenwood Cemetery and Mausoleum were surveyed as one of the city's unique historic resources. The defined area totaled 109 resources, plus the cemetery east of town. Each resource in the survey area was assigned a number. Less than ten of the properties had previously been surveyed with records in the Kansas Historic Resource Inventory (KHRI); these records were updated as a part of current project. Three existing properties are listed in the National Register of Historic Places: the Post Office, Greenwood, and Carnegie Library and one property - the First Congregational Church is listing in the Register of Historic Kans Places. A Map of the Survey Area with numbers of each resource is provided on page 4." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Kansas State Historical Society, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (grant number P17AF00034).

Kansas Historic Resources Inventory Survey Report: Downtown Eureka Historic Survey 2018

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