National and State Registers of Historic Places

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County: Clay
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Auld Stone Barn

255 Utah Rd
Wakefield (Clay County)
Listed in National Register 2001-10-14

Architect: James Auld
Category: animal facility

Built to breed and raise horses, the Auld Stone Barn was constructed 1908-1910 by its owner James Auld. Nominated for its architecture, the barn features a native limestone foundation and base and wood and metal sheathing on the upper level. Three gabled dormers line the south-facing elevation. Arched stone openings run along the south-facing elevation that Auld himself cut and constructed.

Clay Center Carnegie Library

706 6th St
Clay Center (Clay County)
Listed in National Register 1987-06-25

Architect: H. B. Winter
Category: library
Thematic Nomination: Carnegie Libraries of Kansas

Constructed circa 1912, the Clay Center Carnegie Library is a two-story, gray brick, Neo-Classical-style building. It retains many classical details including Doric capitals, Ionic columns, and a pediment frieze. It was nominated as part of the "Carnegie Libraries of Kansas Multiple Property Submission" for its architecture and as part of the Carnegie Corporation Library Building Program.

Clay Center Downtown Historic District

Fourth to Sixth Street, Court to Lincoln Avenue
Clay Center (Clay County)
Listed in National Register 2020-10-30

Architect: J.C. Holland
Category: commercial district

Clay Center has served as an agricultural market town for the surrounding trade area in the Republican River valley. The historic district includes the central core area of the historic commercial district that developed in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1973, a major tornado damaged some buildings on the south side and east side of downtown but missed the buildings now included in the historic district.

Clay County Courthouse

5th and Court
Clay Center (Clay County)
Listed in National Register 1973-01-29

Architect: James Holland
Category: courthouse

Situated in the courthouse square in Clay Center, the Clay County Courthouse was constructed in 1900-1901 on land donated by the town's founder. Designed by architect J. C. Holland of Topeka, the courthouse is a two-story, Romanesque-style building with a dominant central clock tower and massive stone masonry. J. C. and H. H. Ziegler and J.T. Dalton of Junction City were contractors with the A. H. Andrews Company of Chicago furnishing the interior. The courthouse was nominated for its architecture.