Arkansas City Downtown Historic District Walking Tour

Farrar, Foss; Cox, Kevin; Lawson, Kayleigh; Lawson, Andrew; Baker, Mairi; White, Josh

This brochure presents information from an updated reconnaissance survey of downtown Arkansas City, KS which was listed as a historic district in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. An accompanying story map can be found online at https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/08ed054499ec4adabd03d8c5444309f0 and additional building information on the city’s website at https://www.arkcity.org/neighborhood-services/page/downtown-historic-district. The brochure highlights the following historic resources: Red Head Motor Co Summit Barber Shop The Osage Hotel Bryant Hardware The Burford Theatre Home National Bank Old U.S. Post Office The Howard Building Zadie Block Building Ormiston Building K.P. Castle Block Creswell Building Sheridan Block Eagle/Summit Block Newman Building S.H Kress & Company Oklahoma Tire & Auto Crescent/Beard Building American National Bank Interurban Trolley System Kirkpatrick's Furniture The Parker Block The Matlack Building Cornish Photo Studio Odd Fellows Building Carnegie Library Ark City Office Building First National Bank The Royal Cafe City Hall & Fire Station Old High School Pilgrim Congregational Central Christian Redeemer Lutheran Christian Scientist Church Trinity Episcopal Fifth Avenue Presbyterian First Presbyterian Sacred Heart Catholic Gladstone/Elmo Hotel Fifth Avenue Opera House 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, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P20AF00021).

Arkansas City Downtown Historic District Walking Tour

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