Ottawa Teen Center - Historic Ottawa Central Business District - Ottawa, Kansas - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

Date of Construction: c. 1930; moved c. 1946
Style: Classical Revival
Historic Name: Ottawa Teen Center

This one-story stone clubhouse has an L-shaped footprint and a cross-gabled form. The two entrances have cross-gabled roofs with cornice returns and arched stone surrounds with articulated voussoirs and quoins. Fenestration includes paired wood casement windows. A shouldered exterior chimney rises on the ridge of the south elevation. A stone plaque in the chimney wall reads "A.M.D.G."

This building retains sufficient architectural integrity to convey its historic associations. City directories and Sanbom Fire Insurance Company maps indicate that in circa 1946 this building was moved to its present location from another location in the county. While moved buildings are generally not eligible for listing in the National Register, this building was relocated to its present location within the period of significance. It has been a part of the physical and social fabric of Downtown Ottawa for nearly sixty years and clearly contributes to the sense of place in the District. It contributes to the significance of the historic district.