National Register of Historic Places

White Cloud Historic District

White Cloud, Doniphan County, Kansas
Listed
June 27, 1996
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
96000701

About this property

The White Cloud Historic District is a 41.3 acres (16.7 ha) historic district in White Cloud, Kansas which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It is roughly bounded by Poplar, 6th, Chesnut Sts. and K-7 and included 67 contributing buildings and a contributing site, as well as 15 non-contributing buildings and a non-contributing site. It includes Italianate, Gothic Revival, and Greek Revival architecture. Poulet House or Alexis Poulet House (1879-1880), on Poplar between 1st & 2nd, which was separately listed on the National Register in 1971 White Cloud School/St. Joseph's Church (c.1865), on Poplar between 3rd & 4th, which was separately listed on the National Register in 1973 James M. & Anna Beckett House (c.1866), at northeast corner of 2nd & Poplar C.W. Noyes House (c.1867), at southwest corner of 2nd & Poplar William Lynds House (1908), at southwest corner of 1st & Poplar White Cloud Barber Shop (1864), north side of Main between 1st & 2nd Streets Bailey & Noyes Fancy Dry Goods Store (1868–69), at northeast corner of 1st & Main. Included as tenants a bank, then by 1905 a post office. Sol Miller Building (1865–66), at southeast corner of 2nd & Main Atchison & Nebraska City Railroad Depot (1871, moved in 1938), on south side of Main between K-7 & 1st. J.E.H. Chapman House (1880), at northeast corner of 3rd & Chestnut Springer-Campbell House (1880), at southeast corner of 3rd & Chestnut James M. & Anna Beckett House (c.1866), at northeast corner of 2nd & Poplar. "This National Folk, gable-front house is an excellent example of the Greek Revival vernacular." First State Bank building (1923), at northeast corner of 2nd & Main, which has the First State Bank of White Cloud in one half and the post office in the other.

Location

White Cloud, Doniphan County, Kansas
39.97643, -95.29753

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

White Cloud School
Industrial
0.3 mi
Poulet House
Industrial
0.5 mi
Site No. RH00-062
Early Republic
2.4 mi
Nuzum, Godfrey, Barn
Industrial
7.4 mi
Irvin Hall, Highland Community Junior College
Industrial
8.2 mi

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When was White Cloud Historic District listed on the National Register?

White Cloud Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1996.

What type of historic resource is White Cloud Historic District?

White Cloud Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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