National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice County, Kansas

Location of Rice County in Kansas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice County, Kansas.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rice County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen on a map. ^[1] There are 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark and two former listings.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 24, 2023. ^[2]

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Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register [4]	Image	Date listed [5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Archeological Site Number 14RC10		July 9, 1982 (#82004887)	9 miles (14 km) northeast of Lyons [6]	Little River	A petroglyph site located near the Tobias-Thompson Complex and perhaps related to it [6]
2	Archeological Site Number 14RC11		July 9, 1982 (#82004866)	Address restricted	Little River
3	Cooper Hall		May 3, 1974 (#74000845)	N. Broadway Ave. 38°13′18″N98°12′27″W / 38.221667°N 98.2075°W / 38.221667; -98.2075 (Cooper Hall)	Sterling
4	Little Arkansas River Crossing		April 5, 2014 (#14000122)	Northeast of the junction of Ave. P and 30th Rd. 38°18′15″N97°56′36″W / 38.304203°N 97.943345°W / 38.304203; -97.943345 (Little Arkansas River Crossing)	Windom	Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission
5	Malone Archeological Site		June 26, 1972 (#72000523)	Eastern side of Cow Creek, west of Lyons [7] : 188  38°21′00″N98°17′24″W / 38.350000°N 98.290000°W / 38.350000; -98.290000 (Malone Archeological Site)	Lyons
6	Rice County Courthouse	Rice County Courthouse More images	April 26, 2002 (#02000401)	101 W. Commercial St. 38°20′50″N98°12′13″W / 38.347222°N 98.203611°W / 38.347222; -98.203611 (Rice County Courthouse)	Lyons
7	Rice County Jail and Sheriff's Residence		September 30, 2021 (#100007026)	120 East Main St. 38°20′52″N98°12′11″W / 38.3477°N 98.2030°W / 38.3477; -98.2030 (Rice County Jail and Sheriff's Residence)	Lyons
8	Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Trail Segments		May 11, 1995 (#95000582)	Bushton Blacktop (FAS Highway 570), ¾ mile north of U.S. Route 56; also 4th Rd. at Av. L, ¾ mile north of U.S. Route 56 38°21′34″N98°25′20″W / 38.359444°N 98.422222°W / 38.359444; -98.422222 (Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Trail Segments)	Chase	4th and L represents a boundary increase of July 17, 2013
9	Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 2		August 6, 2013 (#13000580)	Ave. P, ¾ mile west of 30th Rd. 38°18′15″N97°57′26″W / 38.304251°N 97.957180°W / 38.304251; -97.957180 (Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 2)	Little River	Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission
10	Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 3		August 6, 2013 (#13000581)	Address Restricted	Windom	Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission
11	Saxman Site		May 3, 1976 (#76000837)	0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Saxman on Cow Creek [7] : 192  38°16′26″N98°07′26″W / 38.273889°N 98.123889°W / 38.273889; -98.123889 (Saxman Site)	Saxman
12	Shay Building		April 12, 2010 (#10000179)	202 S. Broadway Ave. 38°12′31″N98°12′24″W / 38.208481°N 98.206794°W / 38.208481; -98.206794 (Shay Building)	Sterling
13	Station Little Arkansas		May 11, 1995 (#95000583)	5 miles south of U.S. Route 56 on FAS Highway 443, ¾ miles west on gravel road 38°18′10″N97°56′11″W / 38.302778°N 97.936389°W / 38.302778; -97.936389 (Station Little Arkansas)	Windom
14	Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library		June 25, 1987 (#87000969)	132 N. Broadway 38°12′38″N98°12′25″W / 38.210486°N 98.206825°W / 38.210486; -98.206825 (Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library)	Sterling	Red brick Carnegie library built in 1916, funded by a $10,000 grant
15	Tobias-Thompson Complex	Tobias-Thompson Complex	October 15, 1966 (#66000349)	4 miles southeast of Geneseo 38°27′24″N98°05′31″W / 38.456667°N 98.091944°W / 38.456667; -98.091944 (Tobias-Thompson Complex)	Geneseo

Former listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Charles K. Beckett House		January 16, 2009 (#08001350)	January 17, 2017	210 W. Main 38°12′36″N98°12′31″W / 38.209883°N 98.208581°W / 38.209883; -98.208581 (Charles K. Beckett House)	Sterling
2	Lyons High School		June 9, 2005 (#05000556)	September 14, 2018	401 S. Douglas Ave. 38°20′47″N98°12′27″W / 38.346389°N 98.2075°W / 38.346389; -98.2075 (Lyons High School)	Lyons

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Kansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas

References

1. The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
2. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved February 24, 2023.
3. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
5. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
6. Wedel, Waldo. "A Shield and Spear Petroglyph from Central Kansas: Some Possible Implications". Plains Anthropologist 14.44 (1969): 125-129: 125.
7. Wedel, Waldo. "Chain Mail in Plains Archeology". Plains Anthropologist 20.69 (1975): 187-196.