# National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice County, Kansas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice County, Kansas.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rice 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 on a map. There are 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark and two former listings.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 28, 2025.
Download coordinates as:
* KML
* GPX (all coordinates)
* GPX (primary coordinates)
* GPX (secondary coordinates)

## Current listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Archeological Site Number 14RC10 | Upload image | July 9, 1982 (#82004887) | 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Lyons | Little River | A petroglyph site located near the Tobias-Thompson Complex and perhaps related to it |
| 2 | Archeological Site Number 14RC11 | Upload image | July 9, 1982 (#82004866) | Address restricted | Little River | |
| 3 | Cooper Hall | Upload image | May 3, 1974 (#74000845) | N. Broadway Ave. 38°13′18″N 98°12′27″W﻿ / ﻿38.221667°N 98.2075°W﻿ / 38.221667; -98.2075﻿ (Cooper Hall) | Sterling | |
| 4 | Little Arkansas River Crossing | Upload image | April 5, 2014 (#14000122) | Northeast of the junction of Ave. P and 30th Rd. 38°18′15″N 97°56′36″W﻿ / ﻿38.304203°N 97.943345°W﻿ / 38.304203; -97.943345﻿ (Little Arkansas River Crossing) | Windom | Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission |
| 5 | Malone Archeological Site | Upload image | June 26, 1972 (#72000523) | Eastern side of Cow Creek, west of Lyons$^{:188}$ 38°21′00″N 98°17′24″W﻿ / ﻿38.350000°N 98.290000°W﻿ / 38.350000; -98.290000﻿ (Malone Archeological Site) | Lyons | |
| 6 | Rice County Courthouse | Rice County Courthouse More images | April 26, 2002 (#02000401) | 101 W. Commercial St. 38°20′50″N 98°12′13″W﻿ / ﻿38.347222°N 98.203611°W﻿ / 38.347222; -98.203611﻿ (Rice County Courthouse) | Lyons | |
| 7 | Rice County Jail and Sheriff's Residence | Upload image | September 30, 2021 (#100007026) | 120 East Main St. 38°20′52″N 98°12′11″W﻿ / ﻿38.3477°N 98.2030°W﻿ / 38.3477; -98.2030﻿ (Rice County Jail and Sheriff's Residence) | Lyons | |
| 8 | Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Trail Segments | Upload image | May 11, 1995 (#95000582) | Bushton Blacktop (FAS Highway 570), ¾ mile north of U.S. Route 56; also 4th Rd. at Av. L, ¾ mile north of U.S. Route 56 38°21′34″N 98°25′20″W﻿ / ﻿38.359444°N 98.422222°W﻿ / 38.359444; -98.422222﻿ (Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Trail Segments) | Chase | 4th and L represents a boundary increase of July 17, 2013 |
| 9 | Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 2 | Upload image | August 6, 2013 (#13000580) | Ave. P, ¾ mile west of 30th Rd. 38°18′15″N 97°57′26″W﻿ / ﻿38.304251°N 97.957180°W﻿ / 38.304251; -97.957180﻿ (Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 2) | Little River | Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission |
| 10 | Santa Fe Trail-Rice County Segment 3 | Upload image | August 6, 2013 (#13000581) | Address Restricted | Windom | Santa Fe Trail Multiple Property Submission |
| 11 | Saxman Site | Upload image | May 3, 1976 (#76000837) | 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Saxman on Cow Creek$^{:192}$ 38°16′26″N 98°07′26″W﻿ / ﻿38.273889°N 98.123889°W﻿ / 38.273889; -98.123889﻿ (Saxman Site) | Saxman | |
| 12 | Shay Building | Upload image | April 12, 2010 (#10000179) | 202 S. Broadway Ave. 38°12′31″N 98°12′24″W﻿ / ﻿38.208481°N 98.206794°W﻿ / 38.208481; -98.206794﻿ (Shay Building) | Sterling | |
| 13 | Station Little Arkansas | Upload image | May 11, 1995 (#95000583) | 5 miles south of U.S. Route 56 on FAS Highway 443, ¾ miles west on gravel road 38°18′10″N 97°56′11″W﻿ / ﻿38.302778°N 97.936389°W﻿ / 38.302778; -97.936389﻿ (Station Little Arkansas) | Windom | |
| 14 | Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library | Upload image | June 25, 1987 (#87000969) | 132 N. Broadway 38°12′38″N 98°12′25″W﻿ / ﻿38.210486°N 98.206825°W﻿ / 38.210486; -98.206825﻿ (Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library) | Sterling | Red brick Carnegie library built in 1916, funded by a $10,000 grant |
| 15 | Tobias-Thompson Complex | Tobias-Thompson Complex | October 15, 1966 (#66000349) | 4 miles southeast of Geneseo 38°27′24″N 98°05′31″W﻿ / ﻿38.456667°N 98.091944°W﻿ / 38.456667; -98.091944﻿ (Tobias-Thompson Complex) | Geneseo | |

## Former listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Charles K. Beckett House | Upload image | January 16, 2009 (#08001350) | January 17, 2017 | 210 W. Main 38°12′36″N 98°12′31″W﻿ / ﻿38.209883°N 98.208581°W﻿ / 38.209883; -98.208581﻿ (Charles K. Beckett House) | Sterling | |
| 2 | Lyons High School | Upload image | June 9, 2005 (#05000556) | September 14, 2018 | 401 S. Douglas Ave. 38°20′47″N 98°12′27″W﻿ / ﻿38.346389°N 98.2075°W﻿ / 38.346389; -98.2075﻿ (Lyons High School) | Lyons | |