Eads
AMERICAN LEGION HALL
Kiowa County Fairground, US Hwy. 287, Eads vicinity
National Register 12/11/2007, 5KW.87
The American Legion Hall represents the success of local residents
and federal relief programs administered on Colorado’s eastern plains
during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Providing much-needed
employment in Kiowa County, local workers constructed the building
between 1937 and 1938 under the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The hall is a rare surviving example of a simple, vernacular building
built by the New Deal agency. The building exemplifies the efforts of
the WPA to boost moral during the Depression through the construction
of buildings that could be enjoyed by the entire community. The building
provides a venue for community gatherings, dances, receptions, and other
events, and is part of the entertainment and recreational activities
during the annual Kiowa County Fair.
NIPPS-BRANSGROVE BUILDING
1307 Maine
State Register 05/14/1997, 5KW.56
This 1912 building, a local commercial center and gathering place,
reflects the common practice of the repeated modernization of commercial
buildings. A Depression-era remodeling stuccoed the original ornamental
concrete block exterior walls. A 1950s facelift covered the stucco
with an artificial stone cladding, a popular and durable mid-century
material.
SAND CREEK MASSACRE SITE
(Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site)
Near junction of County. Rd. 54 and County Rd. W, Eads vicinity
National Register 9/28/2001, 5KW.28
The site is nationally important for its association with the
November 29, 1864, Sand Creek Massacre. This event represents a major
turning point in Indian-white relations on the western frontier during
the last half of the 19th century. It had devastating effects upon Cheyenne
and Arapaho familial and social structures and was a catalyst for years of
ensuing U.S. Army-Indian warfare throughout the central plains. The site
has yielded important information supporting, in broad terms, oral tradition
and historical documentation, and it is likely to yield new information
regarding U.S. military and American Indian conflicts. The Sand Creek Masacre
National Historic Site will officially open to the public on June 1, 2007.
The park will be open on a limited schedule. Check with the National Park
Service for days and times of operation.
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Haswell
HASWELL JAIL
211 Main St.
State Register 12/11/1996, 5KW.50
Constructed in 1921, this small, 14 by 16 foot, concrete jail is
one of the few public buildings ever constructed in Haswell. Not
in use since the 1940s, the unaltered building remains as a visible
local landmark.
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