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Eldridge House Hotel

National Register of Historic Places The Eldridge House Hotel 7th and Massachusetts Street Built c. 1925 The Lawrence Preservation Alliance   Submitted by: @shinton  

National Register of Historic Places The Eldridge House Hotel 7th and Massachusetts Street Built c. 1925 The Lawrence Preservation Alliance   Submitted by: @shinton

  • eldridge
  • hotel
  • nrhp
  • lawrence
  • kansas

825-827 Massachusetts Street

825–827 Massachusetts Street   Site of various Lawrence bakeries 1860s–1931 J.A. Keeler Stationery and Book Shop 1886–1909 Montgomery Ward Department Store 1931–1968 Wards combined 825 and 827...

825–827 Massachusetts Street   Site of various Lawrence bakeries 1860s–1931 J.A. Keeler Stationery and Book Shop 1886–1909 Montgomery Ward Department Store 1931–1968 Wards combined 825 and 827...

  • massachusetts
  • street
  • lawrence
  • kansas

Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank

Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank   Richardsonian Romanesque style building, designed by Cobb and Frost, architects, erected in 1888 for Lawrence financier, Jabez B. Watkins.  ...

Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank   Richardsonian Romanesque style building, designed by Cobb and Frost, architects, erected in 1888 for Lawrence financier, Jabez B. Watkins.  ...

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  • bank
  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • city hall
  • nrhp
  • romanesque

Miller's Hall

Miller’s Hall   Built for Josiah Miller, Free State Party activist and Lawrence’s first State Senator.   Construction begun late 1850’s; partially destroyed during Quantrill’s raid; reconstruction...

Miller’s Hall   Built for Josiah Miller, Free State Party activist and Lawrence’s first State Senator.   Construction begun late 1850’s; partially destroyed during Quantrill’s raid; reconstruction...

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  • hall
  • free state
  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • quantrill

Eldridge Hotel Cornerstone

1855 1857 HOTEL ELDRIDGE 1863 1925   Submitted by: @shinton

1855 1857 HOTEL ELDRIDGE 1863 1925   Submitted by: @shinton

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  • eldridge
  • cornerstone

Free State Hotel

This marks the site of the Free State Hotel erected in 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. Destroyed by Sheriff Jones and his posse May 21, 1856 and rebuilt by Col. Schaler W. Eldridge....

This marks the site of the Free State Hotel erected in 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. Destroyed by Sheriff Jones and his posse May 21, 1856 and rebuilt by Col. Schaler W. Eldridge....

  • free state
  • hotel
  • new england ...
  • quantrill
  • rotary club
  • eldridge

Lawrence Studio

Lawrence Studio   Constructed Late 1860’s   Alexander Marks, jeweler, was an early occupant   This building, now reflective of Mission Style, housed dry goods, drugs, and jewelry businesses and...

Lawrence Studio   Constructed Late 1860’s   Alexander Marks, jeweler, was an early occupant   This building, now reflective of Mission Style, housed dry goods, drugs, and jewelry businesses and...

  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • studio
  • photography
  • marks

Round Corner Drug

Round Corner Drug   Building constructed in 1866 to house a drug store founded by B. W. Woodward in 1855.   Oldest drug store in Lawrence and Kansas in continuous operation.   Submitted by: @shinton  

Round Corner Drug   Building constructed in 1866 to house a drug store founded by B. W. Woodward in 1855.   Oldest drug store in Lawrence and Kansas in continuous operation.   Submitted by: @shinton

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  • corner
  • drug
  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • woodward

Marks Jewelers

Marks Jewelers   This building has housed a variety of commercial enterprises since the mid 1860’s including a grocery, clothier, and tobacco shops.   Sol Marks began operating a jewelry shop on...

Marks Jewelers   This building has housed a variety of commercial enterprises since the mid 1860’s including a grocery, clothier, and tobacco shops.   Sol Marks began operating a jewelry shop on...

  • marks
  • jewelers
  • lawrence
  • kansas

Douglas County Courthouse

Douglas County Courthouse   Designed by John G. Haskill and Fredrick Gunn in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.   Constructed by the firm of Cuthbert and Sargent of Topeka, KS 1903–1904.   Listed...

Douglas County Courthouse   Designed by John G. Haskill and Fredrick Gunn in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.   Constructed by the firm of Cuthbert and Sargent of Topeka, KS 1903–1904.   Listed...

  • douglas county
  • courthouse
  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • romanesque
  • nrhp