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National Register of Historic Places

Benedict House

On the National Register since 199234 years
Listed 1992Lawrence
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About Benedict House

Benedict House, at 923 Tennessee St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 22, 1992. The Register lists it for its architecture and social history, at the local level. Ten more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric house in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. From Wikidata (CC0).

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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

923 Tennessee St., Lawrence · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Benedict HouseStart here
  2. 2Ninth Street Missionary Baptist ChurchBuilding · next door
  3. 3Lucy Hobbs Taylor BuildingBuilt 1871 · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4Old Lawrence City LibraryBuilt 1904 · next door
  5. 5Plymouth Congregational ChurchBuilt 1870 · next door
Around it

25 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BDr. Frederic D. Morse HouseBuilding0.1 miBCol. James Blood HouseBuilt 18700.1 miDOread Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 miBFirst Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilding0.2 miDLawrence's Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 miBKlock's Grocery & Independent LaundryBuilding0.2 miBDouglas County CourthouseBuilt 19040.3 miBOld Lawrence City HallBuilding0.3 miDOld West Lawrence Historic DistrictDistrict0.3 miBUnited Presbyterian CenterBuilt 19600.4 miDNorth Rhode Island Street Historic Residential DistrictDistrict0.4 miBRalph and Cloyd Achning HouseBuilt 19110.4 miBUS Post Office-LawrenceBuilding0.4 miBEldridge House HotelBuilt 19280.4 miBRoberts-Luther-Mitchell HouseBuilding0.5 miBJohn N. Roberts HouseBuilt 18940.5 miDTrinity Lutheran Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miDUniversity of Kansas Historic District (Additional Documentation)District0.5 mi
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BSnow HouseBuilding0.5 miBCharles Duncan HouseBuilt 18690.5 miBSaint Luke African Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilt 19100.5 miDJohnson Block Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miBAndrew Jackson (A.J.) and Mary Carrol Griffin HouseBuilding0.5 miBReuter Organ Company BuildingsBuilding0.5 miBWitter S. McCurdy HouseBuilding0.5 mi

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Is Benedict House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jan 22, 1992 (Register number 91001978).

Is Benedict House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Kansas has 25 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Haskell Institute, 2 miles away.

Can you visit Benedict House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.