National Register of Historic Places

Ellis Congregational Church

Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas
Listed
March 9, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00000156

About this property

Ellis Congregational Church is a church at Eighth and Washington Streets in Ellis, Kansas. It was built in 1907-08 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is a one-and-a-half-story Gothic Revival-style structural limestone course with a woodframe hipped roof. It served as a church for 65 years, until the congregation disbanded in 1963, and was later converted into a community center. As of 1998 it served as meeting place for the Ellis Arts and Historical Society. Media related to First Congregational Church (Ellis, Kansas) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas
38.94046, -99.56070

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Nearby Battles

Battle of the Saline River KS (1867)
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When was Ellis Congregational Church listed on the National Register?

Ellis Congregational Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 2000.

What type of historic resource is Ellis Congregational Church?

Ellis Congregational Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ellis Congregational Church?

The period of significance for Ellis Congregational Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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