Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM
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AND/OR HISTORIC:
STREET AND NUMBER: On K-18 in Fort Hiley Military Reseiration, near Junction City CITY OR TOWN: Sec. 22, T 11 S, R 6 E
Kansas 20 Geary 061
CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC
District « Building S3 Public Public Acquisition: 56 Occupied Yes: i in .1 3C"1 Restricted Site Q Structure D Private CD In Process |_| Unoccupied .— . 1 1 Unrestricted Q Object D Both [ | Being Considered n Preservation work L~J in progress '— '
PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)
\ I Agricultural | | Government | | Park I I Transportation CD Comments CD Commercial CD Industrial Q Private Residence D Other (Specify) (~1 Educational f~1 Mi itary | | Religious
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OWNER'S NAME:
STREET AND NUMBER: State Capitol
CITY OR TOWN: CODE Topeka Kansas 66612 20 ||||::|i||i||||i||i|i||:i||||||||i|:;; COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Register of Deeds STREET AND NUMBER: Geary County Courthouse CITY OR TOWN: Junction City Kansas 66l;l|l
Tl f LE OF SURVEY: Historic American Buildings Survey DATE OF SURVEY: G5 Federal CD State CD County CD Loca DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Library of Congress STREET AND NUMBER: 10 First St., S. E CITY OR TOWN: Washington District of Columbia _H (Check One) [ | Excellent m Good I] Fair \ I Deteriorated a Ruins 1 1 Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) D Altered Unaltered CD Moved jg Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
The first capitol of Kansas was a two-story native limestone building constructed as a warehouse in the spring of 1&55>. It is approximately UO feet by 80 feet and has a simple gable roof with a chimney at either end. The only access to the second floor is by an^lHsiBe stairway. Two inch plank flooring was used when the building was renovated in 1927 and 1928. Likewise, three-foot long shingles, like the original handhewn ones, were used in the restoration project. As nearly as can be ascertained, the restored structure now looks much as it did in 18£5> 9
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AREAS OF SlGNl FICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)
Abor iginal | | Education Political ( j Urban Planning t3 Prehistoric - f~l Engineering a Religion/Phi C3 Other (Specify) |~| Historic [£] Industry losophy PI Agriculture [~~| Invention a Science ' ' PI Architecture '. PH Landscape -a Sculpture « D Art Architecture a Social/Human [ | Commerce | | Literature itarian |~] Communications Q Military a Theater | | Conservation n Music a Transportation
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The first territorial legislature of Kansas was called by Gov. Andrew H. Reeder to meet to_Pawnee. on July 2, 1855. The governor was a member of the Pawnee Town Association which had laid out the new town adjacent to the Fort Riley Military res ervation. The legislature met in a large two-story warehouse built by the Pawnee Town Association. The lowerjfloor was used as the u house chamber and the senate occupied the upper floor. Most of the members of the legislature were Proslavery ad ID herents from border towns, and many of them had interests in 01 Missouri, Consequently they felt Pawnee was too far west and H- too isolated to be the capital. So they passed a law on July k providing for the temporary establishment of the capital at Shawnee Mission in Johnson county. The governor vetoed this measure on July 6, but the legislature passed it over his veto and promptly adjourned to meet at Shawnee Mission on July 16. LLJ " The town of Pawnee went out of existence in the fall of 1855 when it was found to be within the boundaries of the Fort LU Riley reservation. For a time the former capitol was used as an army warehouse, but then it was allowed to deteriorate into ruins. A major reconstruction project in 1927, financed mainly by the Union Pacific railroad on whose right of way the building partly stands, returned the building as nearly as possible to its condition in 185?. After the preservation work was completed, the Union Pacific railroad presented the building to the state of Kansas, and the first capitol is now operated as a museum by the State Historical Society. Adams, Franklin G.. "The Capitals of Ka nsas, 11 Kansas Historical Collections, v. 8 (1903-014), pp. 331-351. Connelley, William E., A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans (Chicago, Lewis Publishing Co., l9lb). Kansas State Historical Society, wThe F irst Capitol of Kansas11 (Topeka, State Printer, n. d. ). Letter from George W. Knapp to George W . Martin, October 3, 1896 (Kansas State Historical Society Manuscrip t Collection) . Richmond, Robert ¥., "The First Capitol of Kansas," Kansas Historical Quarterly, v. 21, no. $ (Spring, 1955), PP. 321-325.
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NAME AND TITLE: - "-//fi | ' '^^^'> n Richard D. Pankratz, Planner ORGANIZATION DATE Kansas State Historical Society Sept. ii, 1970 STREET AND NUMBER: 120 West 10th St. CITY OR TOWN: STATE ° CODE Kans^ft 6661,? ?ft illlll&lligiii&tsiillii lll^iil^MIM^pli«MW^ii»iiii
As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. , ^^.^ in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preserwfiion level of significance of this nomination is: National Q State [^ Local O DECr 1970 Date Name '1 K ^ f^. ~\\\M {{ ^, Nj«Le H. Miller ATTEST: \y Title Ejcec, Secretary, Kansas State l/hjljLzuji ^ hf^f^if Historical Society Keeper gf The Rational Register Date Ontoher 12, 1970 Date Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Kansas NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Geary INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
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lu Note: In 1928 the War Department granted the State of Kansas a revocable license to enter and occupy the 2*8 acres on which the First Territorial Capitol stands.
6. Surrey of Historic Sites and Structures in Kansas (state) 1957 Kansas State Historical Society 120 tost 10th St. Topeka, Kansas 66612 Code: 15 Federal Writers 1 Project of the Works Progress Administration (federal) 1939 Records destroyed. A guidebook, Kansas, was published in 1939*
9. Union Pacific Magazine« T. 7, no. 9 (September, 1928), pp. 10-12. KANSAS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SE/4 FORT R1LEY 15' QUADRANGLE
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COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PL/ ICES Geary
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