Clinton Township Douglass County, Kansas Historic Resources Survey

Hernly Associates, Inc.

This report summarizes the results of combination reconnaissance and intensive architectural survey of properties in Clinton Township in Douglas County, KS. 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 Clinton 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 project was completed in two phases: a Reconnaissance Survey and an Intensive Survey of Clinton Township. Properties included in the first phase of the survey were identified by the Douglas County Appraiser’s office based on their records for properties that contained buildings with construction dates prior to 1970. After the initial list of properties were surveyed, 28 properties that retained a high level of integrity and potential for history listing were identified and included in the Intensive Survey. Research and primary field work, including site visits and photography occurred April through August of 2021. Property data was input and uploaded to the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory (KHRI) data base, which is maintained by the KSHS, in July and August of 2021. The project report was started in July and finalized in August of 2021. Site visits were initiated by the survey team with the properties divided between Stan Hernly and Susan Ford. Hernly covered 73 properties in the eastern portion of Clinton Township, and Ford covered 25 properties in the western portion. For the Reconnaissance Survey of properties in the community of Clinton and the Intensive Survey of the Clinton Cemetery, Hernly and Bruey were accompanied by Marin Massa, president of the Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum and resident of Clinton. Most homeowners or residents who were home when site visits were conducted were happy to talk with us and let us take photographs, of at least the exterior, of buildings on their property. If no one was home during the site visits, the surveyors conducted survey work in a limited manner. If a property retained a high level of integrity and the survey team had contact with the property owner during the Reconnaissance Survey, the team would collect contact information for the Intensive Survey. Additional phone numbers for the Intensive Survey were found through whitepages.com. Property owners were called, and site visits were scheduled with property owners interested in the survey. Eventually “cold call” site visits were made to several properties, and some of those proved to be fruitful; most homeowners who were “dropped in on” were happy to talk with us and let us take photographs of the exterior of buildings on their property. Table of Contents: Introduction Clinton Township Characteristics Reconnaissance Survey - Historic Resources Analysis Intensive Survey - Historic Resources Analysis Potential Historic Listing Analysis Property Historic Listing - Farm Properties Farm-Related Structures Potential Historic Listing - Individual Resources Property Condition Analysis Recommendations Bibliography Reconnaissance Survey - List of Properties by Address Reconnaissance Survey - List of Properties by KHRI Number Intensive Survey - List of Properties by Address Intensive Survey - List of Properties by KHRI Number Appendix A: Maps Appendix B: Intensive Survey - Site Plans 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).

Clinton Township Douglass County, Kansas Historic Resources Survey

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