Cultural Resources Survey
In 2003, the City of Manhattan was awarded a grant from the Kansas State Historical Society for the purpose of completing a reconnaissance level historic resources survey of Wards 1 and 2 of the original City plat, an area generally bounded by Juliette Avenue to the west, Pottawatomie Avenue to the south, Third Street to the east, and Bluemont Avenue to the north.
The City of Manhattan contracted with Historic Preservation Services, LLC, of Kansas City, Missouri, to perform the survey. The goal of the survey was to identify and evaluate architectural and historic cultural resources in the survey area and its immediate vicinity and to ascertain any individual properties and/or groups of properties that may be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
One final product of the survey is the Cultural Resources Survey Report. Generally the Report gives a number of ways to protect historic resources in the study area, whether it is through outright nomination of an individual property to the National Register of Historic Places, the nomination of Historic Districts to the National Register, Multiple Property Submissions (MPS), or the creation of local Conservation Districts. The Report recognizes that although the focus was on Wards 1 and 2, the historic resources of Manhattan continue beyond those boundaries and many of the recommendations would apply in other areas of the community as well.
The Cultural Resources Survey document consists of a summary of the project Methodology; a Historic Contexts chapter, which includes an overview of the development of Manhattan and the role various architects in the design of structures in the City; Survey Results; and Recommendations.
To view the Report, you may download the document using the links below. A copy of the Report is also available for public review at the Manhattan Public Library, 629 Poyntz Avenue, and copies are available for purchase at City Hall, 1101 Poyntz Avenue. For more information about the survey, please contact
Cam Moeller, Planner, at 785-587-2412.
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