Historical Markers and War Memorials in Seneca, Kansas
Seneca is the county seat for Nemaha County
Seneca is in Nemaha County
Nemaha County(20) ► ADJACENT TO NEMAHA COUNTY Brown County(10) ► Jackson County(10) ► Marshall County(40) ► Pottawatomie County(39) ► Pawnee County, Nebraska(13) ► Richardson County, Nebraska(2) ►
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On Main Street at 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Seneca’s City Hall was built on the site of the charming but combustible wooden firehouse. Completed in 1916 this Beaux Arts style building housed all City and County Offices, as well as the town library, and the police and fire departments. . . . — — Map (db m55822) HM
On Main Street west of 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
This 1886 Romanesque building with its decorative brick facade has a store interior that is basically the same as it was 120 years ago. At that time it was a hardware store that sold buggies, wagons, windmills, and stoves. Before automobiles, . . . — — Map (db m63786) HM
On 4th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on 4th Street.
The Pony Express Museum is housed in the restored Felt Block built in 1880 by Seneca resident Andrew Felt, who later became Lt. Governor of Kansas. The design is an urbane Italianate style using cast iron fronts with applied columns and window . . . — — Map (db m63800) HM
On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The First National Bank, with its Queen Ann turret, is a landmark on Main Street. Designed in the Richardsonian style with decorative ramparts and brickwork, it reflected grandeur and permanence, signs of Seneca's growing success in 1889. The . . . — — Map (db m63789) HM
On Main Street at 5th Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
The first railroad beyond the Missouri River was built in 1859 by investors in St. Joseph who saw their city as the gateway to the west. After laying six miles of track on the Kansas side of the river, their enterprise was stalled by the . . . — — Map (db m63793) HM
On Main Street near 6th Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Library was an idea generated by the Seneca Women’s Club embroidery circle in 1908. As they worked, they often discussed books and the need for a town library. After collecting 300 books they persuaded a drug store to give them shelving space. . . . — — Map (db m55791) HM
On Main Street near 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Seneca, in 1938, was a city awakening from the Great Depression; the construction of a new post office was a sign that things were improving. This Colonial Revival building is noteworthy for its lobby mural painted in 1940 under a New Deal arts . . . — — Map (db m55790) HM
On Main Street at 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Captain John E. Smith was Seneca's first entrepreneur. In 1858 he built a simple hotel and tavern on this site. He also built a wooden bridge over the Nemaha River that bypassed the risky ford crossing two miles north at Richmond. These . . . — — Map (db m63795) HM
On Nemaha Street near 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of the persons who were killed in action from Nemaha County, Kansas.
World War I
Roy Anderson • David W. Armstrong • Hilbert Bell • Robert G. Green • Joseph M. Gress • Arlington A. Heald • Joseph Henry • Harold Horth • Clyde . . . — — Map (db m55955) WM
On Nemaha Street near 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Roll of Honor
In Honor and Memory of
the World's War Veterans
[Only those who died in service are listed]
Roy Anderson • David W. Armstrong • Hilbert Bell • Robert W. Blair • Robert B. Green • Joseph M. Gress • Arlington A. Heald • . . . — — Map (db m55857) WM
