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Grant County Courthouse District

Architect: Not listed
Category: courthouse

Constructed in 1930, the Grant County Courthouse replaced a wood frame structure that had been utilized since 1888. The Hutchinson architecture firm Smith and English designed the building and J. M. Fuller was contractor. The building marries classical forms with Art Deco styling with linear projections, terra-cotta ornamentation, and decorative brickwork. Two one-story annexes run perpendicular to the courthouse, contributing to the district, and continue the streamlined details introduced in the original Art Deco design. The district was nominated as part of the "Historic County courthouses of Kansas Multiple Property Submission" for its architecture and it association with the history and development of Kansas county courthouses.

• National Register Nomination

Grant County Shop (Grant County Museum)

Architect: Not listed
Category: public works

Nominated for its association with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) New Deal program the Grant County Shop (Grant County Museum) was one of six WPA projects in Grant County. Originally constructed in 1937-1938 as a machine shop for the county, it is a one-story adobe block building with a parapet roofline. Utilized as a machine shop into the mid-1970s, the Grant County Historical Society obtained it in 1978 to be used as a museum.

• State Register Nomination

Lower Cimarron Spring (Formerly Wagon Bed Springs)

Architect: Not listed
Category: conservation area; road-related

Located on the Cimarron River, the Lower Cimarron Spring was a stopping place along the Desert Route of the Santa Fe Trail. Used primarily prior to the Mexican War, the spring was the first offering of water during the dry season on the 60-mile stretch of the Cimarron Cut-off Route of the Trail. The Spring was located on the worst and most dangerous stretch of the journey to Santa Fe. The site was nominated for its association with the mid-nineteenth century expansion of settlement.

• National Register Nomination