Now home to the Sand Creek Massacre NHS offices and the Senior Center, these three buildings were originally the First National Bank, Scoggins Grocery, and the Whitelaw-O'Brien Building
Local Nomination Form
Listing a property on the local historic register not only helps preserve significant properties in our community, but it also opens up tax credit opportunities for property owners. If you are interested, please contact the KCHPC. You can find a google docs version of our nomination form with the link below. You will need to "make a copy" of the doc before adding your own text.
France/Kirschman House
Plains Theater
Bentley Building
Eads Recreation Parlor
First National Bank
Whitelaw-O'Brien Building
Scoggins Grocery
Eads State Bank
Haswell School
Criteria for consideration of properties for nomination and inclusion in the Kiowa County Historic Register is listed below. Buildings, sites, or other properties must meet at least one criteria to be considered for designation.
The property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our local, state, or national history.
The property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.
The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or is the work of a master; or possesses high artistic value; or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction.
The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
The property is the location of a significant historic event.