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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Listed in the National Register April 5, 2016 Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property Historic name Ash-Grove Historic District on East Douglas Avenue Other names/site number Ash-Grove Historic District; KHRI #173-12982 Name of related Multiple Property Listing N/A 2. Location Street & number 2100- 2330 E Douglas Ave (evens); 114 & 117 N Madison Ave; 111 N not for publication Spruce St; 115-117 N Grove St City or town Wichita vicinity State Kansas Code KS County Sedgwick Code 173 Zip code 67214 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this x nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property x_ meets _ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: national statewide x local Applicable National Register Criteria: x A B _ C ___D See file. Signature of certifying official/Title Patrick Zollner, Deputy SHPO Date Kansas State Historical Society State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property x meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official Date Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Ash-Grove Historic District on East Douglas Ave. Sedgwick County, Kansas Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Check only one box.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Noncontributing x private building(s) 17 2 buildings public - Local x district 0 0 sites public - State site 0 0 structures public - Federal structure 0 0 objects object 17 2 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) COMMERCE/TRADE: business, professional, COMMERCE/TRADE: business, professional, specialty store, restaurant specialty store, warehouse INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: manufacturing facility communications facility HEALTH CARE: medical business/office DOMESTIC: multi-family DOMESTIC: multi-family VACANT WORK IN PROGRESS 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions.) (Enter categories from instructions.) th th LATE 19 AND EARLY 20 CENTURY foundation: Concrete AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: Commercial Style walls: Brick, Concrete MODERN MOVEMENT roof: Synthetic, Asphalt other: Stone detailing 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Ash-Grove Historic District on East Douglas Ave. Sedgwick County, Kansas Name of Property County and State Narrative Description Summary The Ash-Grove Historic District on East Douglas Avenue is a three-block commercial strip located east of Interstate 35 (I- 35) on East Douglas Avenue (across from Wichita East High School and Roosevelt Intermediate School. Located two miles east of Wichita’s central business district, this commercial cluster developed over a 40-year period from 1920 to 1960 composed of secondary commercial and light industrial buildings. With few exceptions, the existing one- and two- story buildings are historic commercial buildings in a traditional downtown-style setting with common set-back from the street and shared parting walls between buildings. The buildings are largely brick construction, most built in the Commercial Style with brick facade and piers framing a glass storefront with large display windows. While a majority of the buildings are one-story, the extant two-story buildings were constructed with apartments on the upper floor and following rehabilitation projects in recent years, most are again occupied in that use. The post-war buildings, too, have red and blond brick facades on brick or concrete block buildings. These Modern commercial buildings are distinguished from their 1920s counterparts by their plain brick facades lacking the subtle detailing of their predecessors. The post-war buildings generally have storefronts with large display windows, with low or no bulkheads, and no transom windows. Although many of the district’s buildings are unremarkable when viewed individually, the buildings in the three block span form a cohesive commercial cluster representing two distinct periods of development – the 1920s boom following construction of Wichita’s new high school in the 2200 block of East Douglas and Wichita’s aviation boom during and following World War II. This area has not been widely recognized as a historically-significant resource, yet the buildings within the four-acre district are remarkably intact with a rare level of historic and architectural integrity. Ninety percent of the properties are contributing to the district’s historic significance. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Elaboration Location and Setting The Ash-Grove Historic District on East Douglas Avenue spans from Ash Street on the west to Grove Street on the east, encompassing the commercial blocks on the north side of the 2100-2200-2300 blocks of East Douglas Avenue (referred to as “Douglas” in the following narrative) to the mid-block alley north of Douglas. The district is located 11 blocks east of the eastern edge of Wichita’s commercial center and four blocks west of the west boundary of the College Hill Neighborhood. The most prominent physical characteristic of this area of Douglas is Wichita East High School (and the former Roosevelt Intermediate School) located on the south side of Douglas in the 2100-2300 blocks (see Figure 5 for historic view of schools with the commercial properties across the street). Douglas Avenue is a main east-west thoroughfare in Wichita’s downtown area, located three blocks north of US-54 (Kellogg Avenue). In the 1970s I-35, a north-south thoroughfare connecting the states of Kansas and Oklahoma, was elevated over Douglas at the 2000 block, creating a prominent visual barrier at the west side of the Ash-Grove District. The span of Douglas east of I-35 is a destination-oriented region that does not share the pedestrian orientation of the west end of Douglas in the core central business district. The Ash-Grove Historic District is a simple rectangular boundary spanning the north side of East Douglas Avenue from Ash Street on the west to Grove Street on the east, north to the mid-block alley. This three-block cluster is comprised of 18 one- and two-story commercial buildings and one two-story apartment building. Fifteen of the buildings are located on Douglas in traditional historic commercial blocks with a common set-back from the street and shared parting walls between adjacent buildings. The remaining four buildings are located on one of the side streets in the half-block north of Douglas. Each of these buildings – The Madison Apartments, Wheeler and Benignus Paint Store, Fortney Tile Company, and the Carpenter Shop – is free-standing and fronts east or west, on the north-south side streets north of Douglas. East Douglas Avenue is a busy four-lane thoroughfare with on-street parallel parking on the north side of the street in this region. On-street parking is also located on most side streets north of Douglas and additional parking is provided behind many of the buildings accessed by the rear alley that runs parallel to Douglas throughout the district. The Ash-Grove Historic District is located in the Park Place Addition to the City of Wichita, which was annexed into the city limits in 1919. The blocks are laid out in 25’ x 165’ lots with a mid-block alley. The width of buildings is generally in 25’ increments with several buildings, particularly in the 2300 block, occupying multiple lots. The depth of the buildings varies with some buildings spanning the full 165’ depth and others occupying one-half to two-thirds of the lot with off-street parking behind the

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