Atchison, Kansas

The A. J. Harwi House is a historic two-story house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1886 for Alfred Jonathan Harwi, the founder of the A. J. Harwi Hardware and vice president of Atchison's Exchange National Bank. His son Frank purchased the Francis and Harriet Baker House, also listed on the NRHP. The house was designed in the Victorian architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 6, 1975.

Atchison County Historical Society Museum is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of Atchison County, Kansas. Both the city of Atchison and Atchison County, Kansas, are named after United States Senator and legendary "President for a day" David Rice Atchison. The Atchison County Historical Society & Museum is located in the historic 1880 Santa Fe Freight Depot (200 S. 10th Street) in Atchison, Kansas. Dedicated to telling the story of Atchison County, Kansas, the museum features exhibits on Lewis and Clark, Amelia Earhart, Jesse Stone, the railroad history of Atchison County, the David Rice Atchison World's Smallest "unofficial" Presidential Library and a military collection with over 200 weapons spanning the Revolutionary War, Civil War and both World Wars. The Atchison County Historical Society also operates the Independence Creek: Lewis & Clark Historic Site (located at 19917 314th Road in Atchison County) covering 13.5 acres of native grasses and wildflowers and a re-creation of a Kanza Indian earth lodge, connected by a 5-mile hiking/biking trail to the Atchison riverfront. The museum also hosts regular temporary and traveling exhibits. From 27 June to 9 August 2015, it hosted a Smithsonian traveling exhibit called "Hometown Teams."

The McInteer Villa is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1889-1890 for an Irish immigrant. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Campbell Chapel AME Church is a church at 715 Atchison Street in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1878 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.It is a one-story gable-front south-facing church built of red brick in 1878. Its exterior was stuccoed and painted white in 1919. A limestone staircase in front was added in the 1950s.

Ebenezer Baptist Church is a church at 826 Riley in Atchison, Kansas. It was built during the period from 1911 to about 1923. In 1911 they benefited from the generosity of either Andrew Carnegie or John Rockefeller to acquire their pipe organ. They had written to both men; and the organ company received a check, but from whom remains unknown ("the flock does not know whether to thank the oil magnate or the ironmaster"). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The building was deemed notable in architecture:as a very good example of the Gothic Revival style. This masonry structure has well-executed stained glass gothic windows, distinctive use of limestone articulating windows, entrances, buttresses, blind flowing tracery details, and interior wood trim and ceilings. The building exemplifies the attention that was paid to craft and utility and form that expresses the interior shape. The sanctuary level of the building is emphasized with the use of stained glass windows and the stairwell stained glass windows leading up to the sanctuary. Opposite of the chancery is the memorial stained glass window dedicated to Reverend William Strothers, who designed the church building and served as the pastor from 1881 to 1913.

The Price Villa is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1872 for John M. Price, a politician. It was acquired by Benedictine Sisters in 1877, and it became home to Mount St. Scholastica College's Music department.The house was designed by architects Thomas Wise and F. W. MeLaughlif in the Renaissance style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 16, 1972.

The W. W. Hetherington House is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1879 for Webster Wirt Hetherington, the second president of Atchison's Exchange National Bank, founded by his father William.The house was designed in the Romanesque architectural style by Alfred Meier. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 12, 1974.

The Atchison County Courthouse, located at the southwest corner of 5th and Parallel Streets in Atchison, is the seat of government of Atchison County, Kansas. The stone courthouse was built from 1896 to 1897 and replaced the county's first courthouse, which had been built in 1859. County officials wanted the courthouse to resemble the Franklin County Courthouse in Ottawa, so they hired that building's architect, George P. Washburn, to design the new courthouse. Washburn designed the building in the Romanesque Revival style. The courthouse's design features four corner towers, including a seven-story clock tower. The main entrance to the courthouse has a porch within a large arch; the doorway is contained in a smaller arch. The building has a hip roof with intersecting gable dormers; the towers have pyramidal roofs.The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1975.

Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Atchison, Kansas. The church building was constructed in 1866. Aviator Amelia Earhart was baptized in the church in 1897 and attended the church as a child. She was born nearby in the Amelia Earhart Birthplace. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

The Frederick W. Stein House is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1948 for Frederick W. Stein, the founder and president of the Steinlite Corporation, and his wife, née Helen Moore. Stein's company sold the Steinlite Moisture Tester. By the late 1940s, Stein served as Atchison's mayor.The house was designed by George J. Davidson and G. Alden Krider in the Classical Revival architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 14, 2004.

The Francis and Harriet Baker House is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1902 for Francis Baker, the co-founder of a grain elevator business in Kansas and Nebraska, and his wife Harriet, the daughter of Atchison's mayor. It was purchased by Frank Harwi, the president of the A.J. Harwi Hardware Company, in 1918.The house was designed by Root & Siemens in the Mission Revival architectural style and was termed "modern" by Root. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 28, 2003.

The J. P. Brown House is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1880 for John P. Brown, an Irish-born contractor for the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad and one of Atchison's Exchange National Bank's largest shareholders. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 14, 1975.