On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On 1st Street at Mosley Street, on the left when traveling east on 1st Street.
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
On 1st Street at Mead Street, on the left when traveling east on 1st Street.
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 First — — Map (db m56432) HM
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Rock Island Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
Built For The Grant-Billingsley
Fruit Company
(First of 4 Buildings)
Historic Address: 133 N. Rock Island
Current Address: 131 N. Rock Island — — Map (db m56486) HM
On Mosley near 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
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
On Stackman Drive at Sim Park Drive, on the right when traveling north on Stackman Drive.
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
On Murdock Street near Nims Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
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
On Broadway at the railroad grade crossing, on the left when traveling south on Broadway.
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
On Broadway at the Arkansas River, on the right when traveling south on Broadway.
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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