George P. Washburn

George P. Washburn (1846-1922) was an architect who practiced in Kansas. His son joined his firm which became George P. Washburn & Son. In 1910 George P.'s son-in-law, Roy Stookey, joined the firm. After George P. died in 1922 the firm became Washburn & Stookey.^[1]

Washburn designed nine Carnegie library buildings in Kansas,^[2] and is most known for the 13 courthouses he designed.^[1] A number of his buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, with several of the libraries being listed under one study.^[2]

Works (with attribution variations) include:

Anderson County Courthouse, 4th and Oak Sts. Garnett, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), built 1902, Romanesque style, NRHP-listed^[3]
Atchison County Courthouse, SW corner of 5th and Parallel Sts. Atchison, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Burlington Carnegie Free Library, 201 N. Third Burlington, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed^[3]
Butler County Courthouse, 205 W. Central Ave. El Dorado, Kansas (Washburn, George P. & Sons), NRHP-listed^[3]
Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library, 329 E. Main Cherryvale, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed^[3]
Columbus Public Carnegie Library, 205 N. Kansas Columbus, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed^[3]
Doniphan County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq., bounded by Walnut, Liberty, Chestnut, and Main Sts. Troy, Kansas (Washburn,George P. & Sons), NRHP-listed^[3]
Eureka Carnegie Library, 520 N. Main Eureka, Kansas (Washburn,George P.,Co.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Franklin County Courthouse, Main St. Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Harper County Courthouse, 200 N. Jennings Ave. Anthony, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Jackson Hotel, 139 W. Peoria St. Paola, Kansas (Washburn, George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Kingman County Courthouse, 120 Spruce St. Kingman, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Miami County Courthouse, E of jct. of Miami and Silver Sts. Paola, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Ottawa High School and Junior High School, 526 and 506 S. Main St. Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn, George P. & Son), NRHP-listed^[3]
Ottawa Library, 5th and Main Sts. Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library, 132 N. Broadway Sterling, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed^[3]
Woodson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. between Main, Rutledge, State, and Butler Sts. Yates Center, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]
One or more works in Historic Ottawa Central Business District, Roughly bounded by Marias des Cygnes R., S 5th St., Walnut St. and Hickory St. Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn, George P.), NRHP-listed^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Kansapedia: George P. Washburn". Kansas Historical Society. http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/george-p-washburn/16760.
^ ^a ^b Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 21, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places nomination: Carnegie Libraries of Kansas (TR)". http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000195.pdf.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.