National Register of Historic Places

Municipal Auditorium and City Hall

Leoti, Wichita County, Kansas
Listed
March 7, 2019
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100003427

About this property

The Museum of the Great Plains, in Leoti, Kansas, in Wichita County, Kansas, is a local history museum founded in 1982. It includes the 1892-built Washington-Ames House. It is located in the Municipal Auditorium and City Hall, at 201 N. 4th St., which was built during 1939-42. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. It was deemed "significant for its association with the Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA) and as an excellent example of WPA Moderne architecture in western Kansas. The building served as city hall, fire department, municipal auditorium, and meeting hall for the American Legion. 10 In the early 1980s, the city of Leoti gave the building to the Wichita County Historical Society, which has operated the Museum of the Great Plains out of this building since 1983. Due to its association with the New Deal, this building is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under the New Deal-era Resources of Kansas MPS as an example of the Civic property type." It was built of native limestone and poured-in-place concrete. Municipal Auditorium and City Hall in Leoti in Wichita County, photo of the Kansas Geological Survey

Location

201 N. 4th St.
Leoti, Wichita County, Kansas
38.48277, -101.35802

Categories

SOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

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

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When was Municipal Auditorium and City Hall listed on the National Register?

Municipal Auditorium and City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 2019.

What type of historic resource is Municipal Auditorium and City Hall?

Municipal Auditorium and City Hall is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Municipal Auditorium and City Hall is recorded as the industrial era.

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