Old Sedgwick County Courthouse -- Wichita KS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 37° 41.650 W 097° 20.240
14S E 646587 N 4173183
The 1888 Sedgwick County Courthouse has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.
Waymark Code: WMH1EK
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Historic photo credits as follows:
(1) 1890s color postcard to cardcow.com
(2) 1914 black and white postcard to Wichita Historical Commission

The Italian Renaissance-style 1888 Sedgwick Co. Courthouse used to sport a 6-story clock tower. That tower was damaged in a windstorm in 1954, and had to be removed.

This old courthouse was replaced with a new 11-story courthouse in 1959, however the old courthouse still serves the citizens of Sedgwick county by housing various county offices and commissions.

A Civil War memorial, itself on the National Register, stands at the South entrance to the old courthouse building.

Here is a link to the National Register nomination form: (visit link)

One of the mort subtle cool features of this courthouse lies at your feet along Market Street: where dozens of hand-forged hitching rings wait to tie up horses who stopped coming to court nearly a century years ago. Blasterz found one of these 125-year-old hitching rings broken in the street, and took it home as a souvenir :)
Street address:
504 N Main
Wichita , KS


County / Borough / Parish: Sedgwick

Year listed: 1971

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Politics/Government, Architecture

Periods of significance: 1875-1899

Historic function: Government, Courthouse

Current function: Government, Government offices

Privately owned?: no

Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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