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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sedgwick County, Kansas

 
Clickable Map of Sedgwick County, Kansas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Sedgwick County, KS (131) Butler County, KS (31) Cowley County, KS (9) Harvey County, KS (29) Kingman County, KS (9) Reno County, KS (34) Sumner County, KS (28)  SedgwickCounty(131) Sedgwick County (131)  ButlerCounty(31) Butler County (31)  CowleyCounty(9) Cowley County (9)  HarveyCounty(29) Harvey County (29)  KingmanCounty(9) Kingman County (9)  RenoCounty(34) Reno County (34)  SumnerCounty(28) Sumner County (28)
Wichita is the county seat for Sedgwick County
Adjacent to Sedgwick County, Kansas
      Butler County (31)  
      Cowley County (9)  
      Harvey County (29)  
      Kingman County (9)  
      Reno County (34)  
      Sumner County (28)  
 
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101 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — George Innes Dry Goods — Built 1919-1920 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Builder: George Herman Siedhoff Original Owner: George Innes Dry Goods Construction Cost: $1,000,000 Reinforced Concrete Building Original & Historic Address: 701 East First —————— In Honor of . . . Map (db m56433) HM
102 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Grant-Billingsley Warehouse — Built 1923 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built For The Grant-Billingsley Fruit Company (Second of 4 Buildings) Architect: Glenn H. Thomas, Wichita, Ks. Historic Address: 141/143 N. Rock Island Current Address: 143 N. Rock IslandMap (db m56505) HM
103 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Hauser Garrison Dry Goods Building — Built 1915 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built for line of overalls, shirts and other work clothes Historic & Current Address: 700 East DouglasMap (db m60619) HM
104 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Innes Wholesale Furniture / City Ice Delivery — 1919
Innes Wholesale Furniture Co. No. 701 E. First 1919 When the George Innes Dry Goods Warehouse opened in 1919, it bought, manufactured and sold furniture and home furnishings. 1998 The building was converted into Innes Station, an . . . Map (db m56573) HM
105 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Isaac N. Hockaday Building — Built 1908 - 1909 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built To Manufacture Paint For The Hockaday Paint Co. Historic Address: 140/148 N. Mosley Current Address: 150 N. MosleyMap (db m56453) HM
106 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Isaac N. Hockaday Building — Built 1905 - 1906 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built To Manufacture Paint And Paint Products Historic Address: 140/142 N. Mosley Current Address: 140 N. MosleyMap (db m56463) HM
107 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Jim Yarnell's (Untitled) Smoky Hills of West Virginia (1960) — Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path
Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days photographing . . . Map (db m56465) HM
108 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Johnson-Frazier Building / Cox Produce Company — 1914
Johnson-Frazier Building Fireproof! Rat-proof! Mouse-proof! This is how the Johnson-Frazier Building's earliest occupant, Wichita Fire Proof Storage Co., billed the concrete and brick Goliath when it opened in 1914. Other businesses were . . . Map (db m56570) HM
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109 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Keen Kutter Building — Built 1905 - 1906 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built as Wholesale Hardware Building at a cost of $250,000 for Morton-Simmons Hardware Co. featuring Keen Kutter Tools and Equipment Architect: Mauran, Russell and Garden, St. Louis, Missouri Builder: Wurster Construction Company, . . . Map (db m56450) HM
110 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Lampl Produce Company Building — Built 1907-1908 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built as a Warehouse for $17,000 Historic Address: 116/118 N. Rock Island Current Address: 111 N. MosleyMap (db m56473) HM
111 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Lehmann-Higginson Wholesale Grocery Building — Built 1912 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built as free-standing wholesale grocery warehouse for $70,000 Architect: Fred G. McCune, Wichita, Kansas Renovated: 1998 as Office Historic & Current Address: 800 East FirstMap (db m56432) HM
112 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — McCormick Harvester Building — Built 1901 - 1902 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built for $50,000 Historic & Current Address: 704 East DouglasMap (db m60618) HM
113 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Modern Cleaners / Dye Chile — 1922
Modern Cleaners Larkspur Restaurant No. 904-906 E. Douglas 1903-1922 The building located on East Douglas housed a series of businesses; first, James C. Smyth Hide Co., then Beacon Tire, and, in 1922, Modern Cleaners. Dye . . . Map (db m56574) HM
114 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — O. A. Boyle Building — Built 1917 - 1918 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built as a Farm Products Warehouse Builder: George H. Siedhoff Construction Company Historic and Current Address: 139 N. MeadMap (db m56508) HM
115 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Oldtown Marketplace — A History of the Vision — 1987 —
1980 Downtown Wichita and the adjacent warehouse district were in decline. An exodus of businesses and retailers left many buildings in the area dilapidated and vacant. Fortunately, a committed group of professionals stepped forward, . . . Map (db m56516) HM
116 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Riding the Rails — 1872
For a prairie town to grow and prosper, railroads were a necessity. They would bring more people and business. More opportunity for commerce and trade. Before long, Wichita was a bustling city with several railroad lines connecting it to the rest . . . Map (db m56539) HM
117 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Salvation Army Building — Built 1946 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Historic and Current Address: 126 N. MosleyMap (db m56471) HM
Paid Advertisement
118 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Simmons Hardware Company — 1905
Morton-Simmons Hardware established its business on First Street in the large warehousing district around the rail connections east of downtown Wichita. The popular Keen Kutter brand name emblazoned on the cupola made the building an instant . . . Map (db m56541) HM
119 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Simmons Hardware Company / Hockaday Paint Company — 1908
E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter Cutlery and Tools With E.C. Simmons as president, Simmons Hardware Company was developed into one of the most extensive corporations of its kind with divisions in Wichita, Sioux City, Toledo, New York, . . . Map (db m56567) HM
120 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Union Station and the Santa Fe — 1914
1911 The City Commission forced the railroads to elevate the East Douglas tracks, which solved the problem of having the Santa Fe, Rock Island and Frisco lines crossing and often blocking the street. It also proposed that a single, or . . . Map (db m56569) HM
121 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — W. S. Grant Building — Built 1906 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Built For The Grant-Billingsley Fruit Company (First of 4 Buildings) Historic Address: 133 N. Rock Island Current Address: 131 N. Rock IslandMap (db m56486) HM
122 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — W. S. Grant Building — Built 1925 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
. . . Map (db m56506) HM
123 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Walterscheid Pump Factory & Machine Shop Building — Built 1900 and 1901 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Historic Address: 122/124 N. Mead Current Address: 116 N. MeadMap (db m56510) HM
124 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Warehouse District — 1872
1872 Colonel Marshall M. Murdock published the first issue of The Wichita Eagle, now the city's only newspaper. "Cities are not the result of chance nor do they make themselves. Their prosperity and greatness are in a large measure . . . Map (db m56537) HM
125 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Old Town — Wichita Casket Company Building — Built 1916; Burned down 1987 — Wichita Warehouse and Jobbers District —
Historic Address: 129/131 N. Rock Island Current Address: 129 N. Rock IslandMap (db m56479) HM
126 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Riverside — Ceremony — Sacred Songs and Objects — Plains Indians Life, Beliefs and Practices —
The Plains Indians drew inspiration and power from their ceremonies. Using sacred prayer songs, objects and dances, accompanied by ritual drumming and rattling, the people created a spiritual atmosphere to induce visions and revelations. . . . Map (db m56829) HM
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127 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Riverside — Confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers
This marker locates the original confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers. On August 15, 1865, near this point Jesse Chisholm met with the Plains Indian chiefs and headmen to agree on a treaty signing which occurred the following . . . Map (db m60589) HM
128 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Riverside — Spanish-American War Memorial — Dedicated 1901 - Re-dedicated 2007
In commemoration of those who on land and sea served their country in the Spanish-American War This cannon was captured in the Spanish-American war in the year 1898, was presented by the United States to the state of Kansas, and assigned to . . . Map (db m60590) WM
129 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Riverside — Warriors — Their Natural Weapons — Plains Indians Life, Beliefs and Practices —
The bow and arrow was the most natural weapon for the Plains Indian, the tool best suited for hunting buffalo. It was the first plaything given to him as a child. He began to practice before he was even 4 years old. At the age of 8 to 10, he would . . . Map (db m56828) HM
130 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, South Central — Engine House #6 — Kansas Firefighters Museum — Wichita Fire Department —
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Kansas Preservation Alliance Award for Excellence The benches on the Memorial Plaza have been placed here . . . Map (db m56429) HM
131 Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, South City — John Mack Bridge
Built by State Highway Comm. of Kansas Named in honor of John C. Mack State Highway Commissioner of the Fifth District at the time of its authorization State Highway Commission of Kansas Arkansas River Bridge U.S. Highway 81. . . . Map (db m56426) HM

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