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Belleville US Post Office

Architect: Not listed
Category: post office

• National Register Nomination

Cossaart Barn

Architect: Cossaart, Reuben C. (builder)
Category: agricultural outbuilding; animal facility; extractive facility

Built in about 1916, the Cossaart Barn is located 1.2 miles west of Mahaska on a uniquely designated parcel of land ? Section 1, Range 1, Township 1 - in Albion Township of Republic County. Albion Township is in the extreme northeast corner of the county and includes only a few hundred residents. The Cossart farm is situated on the north side of a gravel road in a shallow valley. The rural surroundings feature rolling hills of grassland used for ranching and farming. The farmstead includes buildings and structures of various periods, but the barn and adjacent windmill are the oldest and best-intact features. The barn features the distinguishing characteristic of a Midwest Prairie Barn: a large sweeping gable roof that gives it a strong horizontal emphasis. It also includes a hay hood with an outward swinging door on the north elevation. Its interior is made up of a large, open central section that is flanked by stall bays. The interior is somewhat unusual in that the central section used for hay storage extends from ground level to the roof with no haymow. The 1937 Fairbury windmill originally pumped water to the house and to a tank adjacent to the barn for many years. By the mid-twentieth century the windmill was outfitted with an electric motor and pumpjack. It was restored to original working condition in 1993. This property has been in the Cossaart family for five generations, and continues to function as a working farmstead. The barn was nominated as part of the "Historic Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas" multiple property listing for its association with local agricultural history and its architecture.

Cuba Blacksmith Shop

Architect: Davidson, John M. (Mitchell)
Category: specialty store

Built in 1884, the Cuba Blacksmith Shop is a small, one-story limestone building that sits a half block west of the downtown. Blacksmith shops like the one in Cuba provided important services to developing farming communities that included constructing, repairing, and maintaining general farm machinery, as well as making special tools and machines for farmers and residents. Blacksmiths also provided such valuable services as shoeing horses and repairing household utensils, sharpening knives, fixing pots and pans, and sewing machines. This building functioned as a blacksmith shop into the 1970s and then fell into disrepair in the late 20th century. In recent years, the roof and rear wall had collapsed and the stone walls were beginning to fail. A group of community volunteers came together in 2006 to save the building. In December 2008, the building reopened as a functioning blacksmith shop. Today, the building is owned by the City of Cuba and is planned to be open for demonstrations about four times a year.

• National Register Nomination

East Riley Creek Bridge

Architect: Not listed
Category: road-related

• National Register Nomination

Pawnee Indian Village

Architect: Not listed
Category: village site

• National Register Nomination

Republic County Courthouse

Architect: Not listed
Category: courthouse

• National Register Nomination

Riley Creek Bridge

Architect: Not listed
Category: road-related

• National Register Nomination

Shimanek Barn

Architect: Shimanek, Wesley
Category: agricultural outbuilding

Farmer Wesley Shimanek built this barn around 1900 to house horses, hay, and a wagon near Munden in Republic County. The wood-frame barn features a two-story gable section with a 1½- story shed bay on the west that appears to be original. The plan configuration is oriented to the broad side of the barn with a center aisle and horse stalls on each side. The barn does not feature the more common gable-end haymow, but rather a broad-side haymow. The barn is nominated to the National Register for its architectural and agricultural history.