Carry A. Nation House
Historic house in Kansas. Built 1882. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Carrie Nation Home in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, also known as Carry A. Nation Home and Museum, was a home of temperance movement leader Carrie A. Nation. It is one of two houses listed for Carry A. Nation on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places; the other is the Carry A. Nation House in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
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The record
| Register name | Nation, Carry A., House |
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 211 W. Fowler Ave., Medicine Lodge, KS |
| County | Barber County |
| Listed | Mar 24, 1971 |
| Listed for | Politics and government, Social history |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Carry A. Nation Home and Museum |
| Reference number | 71000303 |
| Built | 1882 · more from the 1880s |
| Type of place | house |
| Style | vernacular architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places |
| Contributing resources | 1 building |
Visiting
| Address | 211 W. Fowler Ave., Medicine Lodge, KS |
| Coordinates | 37.2758° N, 98.5810° W · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Larned National Historic Site · 72 miles · on Park Atlas |
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Questions people ask
When was Carry A. Nation House listed on the National Register?
Mar 24, 1971. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Carry A. Nation House built?
1882, in the vernacular architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Can I visit Carry A. Nation House?
Yes. Carry A. Nation House is recorded as open to the public.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Carry A. Nation House?
211 W. Fowler Ave., Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas. The nearest national park unit is Fort Larned National Historic Site, 72 miles away.
Is there cell service at Carry A. Nation House?
FCC coverage maps show Verizon 4G LTE, AT&T 4G LTE, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000303. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.