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Pratt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and largest city is Pratt. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,157. [2] The county was named for Caleb Pratt, a U.S. soldier who died in the Battle of Wilson's Creek during the American Civil War and had previously been involved in Bleeding Kansas.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Pratt was founded in 1884 [5] and named after Caleb S. Pratt, a young Civil War officer from the Kansas Infantry, who was killed in the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Missouri [6] The first post office in Pratt was established in June 1884. [7] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington to ...
The Hotel Roberts in Pratt, Kansas, which has also been known as Hotel Parrish, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1] It is an eight-storey hotel built in 1930. It has gold brick walls and Art Deco style. It served as a hotel until the 1970s. [2] Its construction was facilitated by Pratt's Chamber of Commerce.
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The Pratt County Courthouse, located at 300 South Ninnescah Street in Pratt, is the seat of government of Pratt County, Kansas. Pratt has been the county seat since 1888. The courthouse was built from 1909 to 1910 by Randall & Smith. Architects Mann & Company of Hutchinson, Kansas, were hired to extensively remodel the building after a 1923 fire.
The Earl H. Ellis VFW Post #1362, located at 701 E. 1st St. in Pratt, Kansas, was built in 1939.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]It has been said to constitute "a good example of a late Art Deco structure featuring native stone construction."
Naron was a town located in Pratt County, Kansas, near present-day Byers, Kansas. The town was started in 1878 by Levi Holloway Naron who had moved there from Mississippi where he spied for the Union in the Civil War. [1] A post office was located in Naron from 1881 to 1907. [2] [3]