E. W. Norris Service Station

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E. W. Norris Service Station
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LocationMarket and Main Sts., Glen Elder, Kansas
Coordinates 39°29′56″N98°18′24″W / 39.49889°N 98.30667°W / 39.49889; -98.30667 (E. W. Norris Service Station) Coordinates: 39°29′56″N98°18′24″W / 39.49889°N 98.30667°W / 39.49889; -98.30667 (E. W. Norris Service Station)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1926
NRHP reference No. 76000832 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

The E. W. Norris Service Station, at Market and Main Sts. in Glen Elder, Kansas, was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] The building is now the Castle Lodge hotel.

It is a 45 by 20 feet (13.7 m × 6.1 m) building made of creamy-buff post rock limestone quarried near Glen Elder. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Richard Pankratz; Cornelia Wyma (May 28, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: E. W. Norris Service Station". National Park Service . Retrieved July 21, 2018. With accompanying drawing and six photos from c.1930 and 1976