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Mar 21, 1846 Died on 16 May 1922 (aged 76)
American architect
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About George P. Washburn
- George Putnam Washburn (March 21, 1846 – May 16, 1922) was a prominent architect practicing in Kansas.
- Washburn came to Kansas in 1870, worked as a carpenter and architect, and in 1882 opened an architecture practice in Ottawa, 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, and George P.
- retired.
- After George P.
- died in 1922 the firm became Washburn & Stookey.Washburn designed nine Carnegie library buildings in Kansas, and is most known for the 13 courthouses he designed.
- 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.Works (with attribution variations) include: Anderson County Courthouse, 4th and Oak Sts., Garnett, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), built 1902, Romanesque style, NRHP-listed Atchison County Courthouse, SW corner of 5th and Parallel Sts., Atchison, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed Burlington Carnegie Free Library, 201 N.
- Third, Burlington, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed Butler County Courthouse, 205 W.
- Central Ave., El Dorado, Kansas (Washburn, George P.
- & Sons), NRHP-listed Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library, 329 E.
- Main, Cherryvale, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed Columbus Public Carnegie Library, 205 N.
- Kansas, Columbus, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed Doniphan County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq., bounded by Walnut, Liberty, Chestnut, and Main Sts., Troy, Kansas (Washburn,George P.
- & Sons), NRHP-listed Eureka Carnegie Library, 520 N.
- Main, Eureka, Kansas (Washburn,George P.,Co.), NRHP-listed Franklin County Courthouse, Main St., Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed Harper County Courthouse, 200 N.
- Jennings Ave., Anthony, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed Jackson Hotel, 139 W.
- Peoria St., Paola, Kansas (Washburn, George P.), NRHP-listed Kingman County Courthouse, 120 Spruce St., Kingman, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed Miami County Courthouse, E of jct.
- of Miami and Silver Sts., Paola, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed Ottawa High School and Junior High School, 526 and 506 S.
- Main St., Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn, George P.
- & Son), NRHP-listed Ottawa Library, 5th and Main Sts., Ottawa, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed Sennett and Bertha Kirk House, 145 W.
- Fourth Ave., Garnett, Kansas, (Washburn, George P.
- & Son), NRHP-listed Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library, 132 N.
- Broadway, Sterling, Kansas (Washburn,George P., & Son), NRHP-listed Woodson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq.
- between Main, Rutledge, State, and Butler Sts., Yates Center, Kansas (Washburn,George P.), NRHP-listed 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
