Goodnow House

Historic house in Kansas, United States

United States historic place
Goodnow House
Goodnow House (2012)
39°11′34″N 96°35′43″W / 39.19278°N 96.59528°W / 39.19278; -96.59528
Built1857
Architectural stylePlains Vernacular
NRHP reference No.71000326 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 1971

The Goodnow House is a historic two-story stone house located at 2301 Claflin Road in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was built in 1857 in the Plains Vernacular style. From 1861 Isaac Goodnow and his wife, Ellen lived in the house. Goodnow was an abolitionist and co-founder of both Kansas State University and Manhattan.[2]

Description

The Goodnow House is a stone structure with gable roofs over a two-story main block and a one-story wing. The rough limestone walls are accented by smooth quoins at the corners. Several additions were made over the years. There is a cellar under the 1857 section.[2]

History

Goodnow House in June 1958 prior to restoration.

Goodnow and his wife Ellen had no children. Hattie Parkerson, a niece whom they had adopted, inherited the house after Ellen died in 1900. After Hattie's death in 1940, the house was passed to a friend, Mary Payne, who later donated it and many of the Goodnow's belongings to the Kansas Historical Society, a state agency which operates it today as the Goodnow House State Historic Site.[2][3]

On February 24, 1971, the Goodnow House was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

The house "tells the story of free-staters".[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Pankratz, Richard D. (September 18, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Goodnow Memorial Home". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "Isaac Goodnow House" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Goodnow House". Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  • Goodnow House at the Kansas State Historical Society
  • Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. KS-11, "Isaac Goodnow House, 2301 Claflin Road, Manhattan, Riley County, KS", 4 photos, 6 data pages
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