Marion Township & Willow Springs Township Douglas County, Kansas Historic Resources Survey

Hernly Associates, Inc.

This report summarizes the results of an intensive architectural survey of properties in portions of both Marion Township and Willow Springs Township in Douglas County, KS. This survey was proceeded by reconnaissance level survey work in both areas where properties were identified as potentially eligible for state and National Register listing. This survey report covers methodology, results of the field survey, and provides recommendations to the community including possible nomination of individual properties, farmsteads, and groupings of properties. The report also provides maps of surveyed properties and a bibliography. Inventory records are available at www.kshs.org/khri. From the Introduction: "The Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council (DCHCC) initiated this survey. Review of data entered into the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory (KHRI) as part of the survey was provided by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) at the Kansas Historical Society (KSHS). Conclusions will aid in monitoring and preserving the cultural resources of Marion Township and Willow Springs Township in Douglas County. Funding for the survey was provided by the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council. Jan Shupert-Arick, DCHCC’s Program Coordinator, supervised the project. Stan Hernly of Hernly Associates, Inc and Susan Ford of Citysearch Preservation conducted the survey. Megan Bruey, a fifth-year architecture student at the University of Kansas and an architecture intern at Hernly Associates Inc., assisted Stan Hernly with survey work, research, and report writing. This Intensive Survey builds on two previous Reconnaissance Surveys. The Reconnaissance Survey of the North half of Marion Township and West one-mile edge of Willow Springs Township was completed in 2018 for the DCHCC by consultants Stan Hernly and Susan Jezak Ford. The Reconnaissance Survey of the South half of Marion Township and West one-mile edge of Willow Springs Township was completed in 2019 by consultants Stan Hernly and Susan Jezak Ford. Properties included in this survey were identified in the previous surveys as potentially eligible to be listed in the State or National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as a “contributing” structure to a historic group. Research and primary field work, including site visits and photography occurred September through December of 2020. Property data was input and uploaded to the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory (KHRI) data base, which is maintained by the KSHS, in December 2020. The project report was started in December 2020 and finalized in January 2021." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Kansas Historical Society, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P19AF000217).

Marion Township & Willow Springs Township Douglas County, Kansas Historic Resources Survey

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