National Register of Historic Places

Minor Sod House

McDonald, Rawlins County, Kansas
Listed
January 5, 2005
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
04001428

About this property

The Minor Sod House, also known as Minor Post Office, near McDonald, Kansas, is a sod house that was built c. 1907. It is a one-story building with a gabled rectangular section about 48 by 19 feet (14.6 by 5.8 m) with 2-foot-thick (0.61 m) sod brick walls, plus a 16-by-10-foot (4.9 by 3.0 m) wood-frame lean-to section, all covered by a corrugated, galvanized metal roof. The exterior is cement and stucco in the two sections. It was used as the first post office of Minor, Kansas, with first postmaster Tom Minor. A grocery store built by Minor not far away then served as the post office, then it returned to the soddy when the grocery store closed, until the post office itself closed in November 1920. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It served historically as a single dwelling and as a post office.

Location

McDonald, Rawlins County, Kansas
39.60134, -101.39396

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNICATIONS
Sources

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

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When was Minor Sod House listed on the National Register?

Minor Sod House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Minor Sod House?

Minor Sod House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Minor Sod House?

The period of significance for Minor Sod House is recorded as the industrial era.

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